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Staxigoe

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OS grid reference
  
ND382523

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
KW1 4

Local time
  
Monday 12:23 AM

Lieutenancy area
  
Highland

Country
  
Scotland

Post town
  
Wick

Police
  
Scottish

Council area
  
Highland

Staxigoe

Weather
  
3°C, Wind W at 0 km/h, 87% Humidity

Staxigoe is a former fishing village, located 2 miles east of Wick on the north-eastern coast of the former county of Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Its name derives from Norse, "the inlet of the stack".

Map of Staxigoe, Wick, UK

It was once the largest herring salting station in Europe, but its fishing industry went into decline with the construction of a larger port in central Wick.

References

Staxigoe Wikipedia