Ness (disambiguation)

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Ness could refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Gaming 4 Organizations 5 See also

[edit] Places

The word ness is an archaic word meaning a headland or cape and comes from nes in Icelandic / Old Norse and for that reason there are many places once under Viking or Norse influence that include the word (see List of generic forms in British place names). Literally, the word means nose.

• Loch Ness - home of the infamous monster.
• River Ness - links the Loch to the North Sea at Inverness.
• Ness (Gaelic: Nis) - the most northerly area on Lewis, Scotland.
• Bo'ness - a town in Scotland.
• Lowestoft Ness - most easterly point of the UK.
• Orford Ness - shingle spit and bird sanctuary in Suffolk, England.
• Dungeness - shingle promontory and site of a nuclear power station in Kent, England.
• Ness Botanic Gardens - owned by the University of Liverpool and located on the Wirral, England.
• Langness Peninsula in the Isle of Man.
• Ness City, Kansas - U.S..
• Ness Township, Minnesota - U.S..

[edit] People

• Ness (Irish mythology), a princess in Irish mythology
• Cornelius P. Van Ness
• Eliot Ness, American treasury agent
• Erik Ness
• Erin Ness
• Evaline Ness
• James Van Ness
• Mike Ness, U.S. guitarist
• Tigilau Ness

Also

• Arne Næss - Norwegian philosopher, mountaineer, and founder of deep ecology
• Arne Næss Jr. - Norwegian businessman, mountaineer, former husband of Diana Ross, nephew of Arne Næss
• Leona Naess - English-born singer/songwriter, daughter of Arne Næss Jr.

[edit] Gaming

• Ness - a Nintendo game character.

[edit] Organizations

• "The NESS" -- New England Skeptical Society - A Skeptical organization
• NESS Technologies Inc.[1]
• Ness Foundation, a medical research charity near Inverness, Scotland

[edit] See also

Nes which is a disambiguation page listing places which a similar name origin