Australia: The Land Where Time Began

A biography of the Australian continent 

Wick, Scotland

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Wick, on the north east coast of Scotland, was the administrative centre of Caithness for almost 500 years. However, it was the Vikings who first used the mouth of the River Wick as a harbour for their fleet of longships. The name Wick comes from the Norse word for bay.

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http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wick/wick/index.html