{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Scotland | official_name = Staxigoe | scots_name = Staxigoe | gaelic_name = Staxigoe | static_image = 225px | static_image_width = 200px | population = 120 | os_grid_reference = ND382523 | map_type = Caithness | coordinates = {{coord|58.45542|-3.05993|display=inline,title}} | unitary_scotland = Highland | lieutenancy_scotland = | constituency_westminster = | constituency_scottish_parliament = | post_town = Wick | postcode_district = KW1 4 | postcode_area = KW | dial_code = 01955 60 }}
'''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<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gittings |first1=Bruce |last2=Munro |first2=David |title=Staxigoe|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst1690.html |website=The Gazetteer for Scotland |publisher=School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society |accessdate=26 July 2022}}</ref> and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Its name derives from Norse, "the inlet of the stack". It was once the largest herring salting station in Europe,<ref>{{cite web |title=Staxigoe, Harbour |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/9203/staxigoe-harbour |website=Canmore |publisher=Historic Environment Scotland |access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref> but its fishing industry went into decline with the construction of a larger port in central Wick.
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==External links== * [http://www.caithness.org/atoz/staxigoe/index.htm Staxigoe]
{{Commons category}} Category:Populated places in Caithness Category:Ports and harbours of Scotland