Altass
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| Altass Gaelic: Alltais | |
| Sutherland | |
|---|---|
 Altass and its scattered houses | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NC502002 |
| Location: | 57°58’0"N, 4°31’58"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | IV27 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Highland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
Altass is a tiny village in Sutherland, perched half-way between the east and west coasts, on the north side of the Kyle of Sutherland, which marks the county's border with Ross-shire to the south.
The nearest places of substance are Lairg, seven miles over the hills to the north-east, and Bonar Bridge nine miles south-west lower down the Kyle.
Two and a half miles west of Altass, the water ceases to be tidal. The River Oykel, coming down from the mountains, becomes at that point the Kyle of Sutherland.