Urquhart and Glenmoriston
Scottish parish in Highland, Scotland, UK
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Summary
Urquhart and Glenmoriston is a civil parish[1].
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Highland[2], Inverness-shire[3], Inverness[4]
- Country: United Kingdom[5]
- Shares border with: Inverness and Bona[6], Boleskine and Abertarff[7], Kilmonivaig[8], Glenshiel[9], Kilmorack[10], Kiltarlity and Convinth[11]
- Named after: Glen Moriston[12], Glen Urquhart[13]
- Catalog code: 843[14], UGM[15], 22012[16]
- Coordinate location: {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 57.23904422, 'longitude': -4.748399526, 'precision': 1e-06}[17]
- Population: 2386[18]
- Coordinates of northernmost point: {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 57.39, 'longitude': -4.4344, 'precision': 1e-06}[19]
- Coordinates of southernmost point: {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 57.0991, 'longitude': -4.9586, 'precision': 1e-06}[20]
- Coordinates of easternmost point: {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 57.3599, 'longitude': -4.3974, 'precision': 1e-06}[21]
- Coordinates of westernmost point: {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 57.1756, 'longitude': -5.0971, 'precision': 1e-06}[22]
- Contains settlement: Invermoriston[23], Drumnadrochit[24]
Body
Geography
Located in include Highland[2], a Scottish region[25], in United Kingdom[26], founded in 1975[27]; Inverness-shire[3], a registration county[28], in United Kingdom[29]; and Inverness[4], a Scottish district[30], in United Kingdom[31].
Physical Characteristics
Urquhart and Glenmoriston's area is recorded as 52716 ha[32].
History and Context
Things named after include Glen Moriston[12], a glen[33], in United Kingdom[34] and Glen Urquhart[13], a valley[35], in United Kingdom[36].