Altnaharra (Ordnance Survey grid reference NC567352) is a small hamlet in Sutherland in the Highland region of northern Scotland. The hamlet is on the A836 road, close to its junction with the B873. The nearest villages are Lairg and Tongue. Lochs in the area include Loch Naver and Loch Eriboll. Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... Sutherland (Cataibh in Gaelic) is a traditional county which is now within the Highland local government area of Scotland. ... The Highland unitary authority area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic) is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by... The A836 road is entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, and 129 miles (208 km) long. ... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Lairg (Scottish Gaelic: An Luirg ) is a small town in the Highlands of Scotland. ... Tongue (Scots Gaelic: Tunga ) is a coastal village in northwestHighland, Scotland (in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. ... View across Loch Lomond, towards Ben Lomond. ... Loch Eriboll. ...

The name Altnaharra is derived from the Scottish gaelic Allt-na-h-Aire, meaning Stream of Watching. This is named after a stream that flows through the hamlet. Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ...

Altnaharra is famous for the Altnaharra Hotel, which opened in 1820 and quickly became a popular place for anglers to stay while visiting nearby lochs. Today the hotel is also popular with mountain climbers: Ben Hope and Ben Klibreck are two mountains in the immediate area of the hamlet. 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ... Hillwalking or fellwalking is the recreational practice of hiking in mountainous terrain. ... Ben Hope is the most northerly Munro, standing alone in the flow country (bumpy, peat-covered moorland) south-east of Loch Hope, in Sutherland, Scotland. ...

Its other claim to fame is its met office weather station. Its northernly latitude and inland location mean that it regularly features in the daily weather extremes for the UK. On December 30, 1995 the lowest temperature on record in the United Kingdom was recorded at Altnaharra, at -27.2^oC. This matched a similar recording at Braemar in the Grampians on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982. The new building on the edge of Exeter The Met Office (originally an abbreviation for Meteorological Office, but now the official name in itself), which has its headquarters at Exeter in Devon, is the UKs national weather service. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In thermodynamics, temperature is the physical property of a system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold —something that is hotter has the greater temperature. ... The Celsius scale is a temperature scale named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701 â€“ 1744), who first proposed a similar system two years before his death. ... Braemar (Scottish Gaelic, Baile a Chaisteil Bhràigh Mhàrr) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around 58 miles west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. ... The Grampian Mountains or Grampians are one of the three major mountain ranges in Scotland. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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• Altnaharra Hotel