Kinnaird's Head

Kinnaird's Head

Kinnaird's Head (spr. Kinnerds Hedd), Cap an der Nordostspitze der schottischen Grafschaft Aberdeen, mit Leuchtthurm.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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