Dunnet

Dunnet

Dunnet (spr. Dönnet), 1) Bucht an der Nordküste der schottischen Grafschaft Caithneß; 2) (D. Head), steiles Vorgebirg daselbst mit Leuchtthurm.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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