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Stoer Head (Rubha Stoer in Scots Gaelic) is a point of land north of Lochinver and the township of Stoer in Sutherland, NW Scotland. The lighthouse on the point marks the northern entrance to The Minch.

The peninsula is about 6 km (4 miles) long and 3 km (2 miles) wide, and has a number of scattered small settlements including Culkein, Balchladich and Achnacarnin.

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