Cape Wrath
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Cape Wrath (Template:Coor dms) is a cape in northern Scotland. It is the northwesternmost point of the mainland of Britain. The name Cape Wrath, though perhaps apt when taken in context of its remote and forboding landscape, is actually derived from the Norse for "turning point". Norsemen would often turn their crafts for home at Cape Wrath.
The Cape can be reached only on foot, or by taking a ferry from Keoldale near Durness across the Kyle of Durness and then a minibus. The journey of around 11 miles to the lighthouse takes the visitor through one of the last remaining wildernesses in Britain. The area is used as a military bombardment range, hence travel to the Cape may be restricted at certain times of year. There is a lighthouse at the Cape, standing over the Clo Mor cliffs, the highest sea cliffs of the British mainland.