Ness or NESS may refer to:

Places

Australia

* Ness, Wapengo, a heritage-listed natural coastal area in New South Wales

United Kingdom

Ness, Cheshire Ness is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in the part that remains in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated near to the town of Neston, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester. It constitutes part of the Burton ...

, England, a village * Ness, Lewis, the most northerly area on Lewis, Scotland, UK * Cuspate foreland, known in England as "ness", a coastal landform *

Loch Ness Loch Ness (; gd, Loch Nis ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for clai ...

, a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, noted for the Loch Ness Monster * Ness Botanic Gardens, owned by the University of Liverpool and located on the Wirral Peninsula, England * Ness Islands, in the River Ness, in Scotland * Ness Point, most easterly point of the UK, located in Lowestoft, England *

Ness Waterfall Much of Scotland is mountainous; western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular are home to countless waterfalls. Scotland has over 150 waterfalls, most are situated in the H ...

, Scotland *

River Ness The River Ness (Scottish Gaelic: ''Abhainn Nis'') is a river in Highland, Scotland, UK. It flows from Loch Dochfour, at the northern end of Loch Ness, north-east to the mouth of the Beauly Firth at Inverness, a distance of about , with a fal ...

, a river which links Loch Ness to the North Sea at Inverness, Scotland, UK

United States

* Ness City, Kansas * Ness County, Kansas *

Ness Township, Minnesota Ness Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 62 at the 2010 census. Saint Louis County Road 29 (CR 29) passes through the northwest corner of Ness Township. County Road 5 (CR 5) runs north–s ...

Elsewhere

* Mount Ness, Palmer Land, Antarctica * Ness Lake, British Columbia, Canada

People

Ness (given name) Ness is a unisex given name, which means "''from the headland''". People * Ness Edwards (1897–1968), Welsh Labour Party politician * Ness Flowers, Welsh rugby player in the 1970s and '80s * Ness Murby (born 1985), Canadian athlete * Ness Wadi ...

Ness (surname) The surname Ness may refer to: Politics * Don Ness (born 1974), American politician from Duluth, Minnesota * James Van Ness (1808–1872), seventh mayor of San Francisco, USA from 1855 to 1856 * Steinar Ness (born 1959), Norwegian politician fo ...

* Ness, nickname of Alma Moreno (born 1959), Filipina actress and politician * Ness, a name sometimes used by French rapper Nessbeal (born 1978)

Fictional entities

* Ness (EarthBound), from ''EarthBound'' in the ''Mother'' video game series * Ness (Irish mythology), a princess * NESS, one of two warring factions in the anime series ''

Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko is a Japanese anime series based on a novel by Takashi Shōji. It consists of two 3-episode OVA sets and a 26-episode television series animated by J.C.Staff and directed by Akiyuki Shinbo. The series was released in the United States ...

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Lapras is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's ''Pokémon'' franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Lapras first appeared in the video games ''Pokémon Red'' and ''Blue'' and subsequent sequels, later appearing in various merchandise, spino ...

, a

Pokémon (an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise. In terms of ...

whose prototype name was Ness

Organizations and enterprises

* Ness Foundation, a medical research charity near Inverness, Scotland * Ness Digital Engineering, an Israel-based provider of IT services * New England Skeptical Society (NESS) * National Emergency Stockpile System, a Canadian reserve system * Nisga'a Elementary Secondary School (NESS), Gitlakdamix, British Columbia, Canada

Ships

* , two Royal Navy ships * Ness-class combat stores ship, a Royal Navy class of three ships

Other uses

* Ness Award, an annual award of the Royal Geographical Society beginning in 1970 * Near Earth Space Surveillance (NESS), a mission of the Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite *

NESS Energy Project The NESS Energy Project is an incinerator currently in full operation in Aberdeen, UK. It is situated in East Tullos Industrial Estate on a site formerly used for gas storage. History In February 2022, construction workers staged a walkout in a ...

, an incinerator in Aberdeen, Scotland