Stoer Head

Stoer Head (Scottish Gaelic: Rubha Stoer) is a point of land north of Lochinver and the township of Stoer in Sutherland, North Western Scotland.^[1] The lighthouse, built in 1870,^[2] marks the northern entrance to The Minch.^[3][4]

The peninsula is about 6 km (4 miles) long and 3 km (2 miles) wide,^{[citation needed]} and has a number of scattered small settlements including Culkein, Balchladich and Achnacarnin.^[5]