Ness or NESS may refer to:

Places

Australia

Ness, Wapengo Ness is a heritage-listed natural coastal reserve at Reserve Road, Wapengo, New South Wales, Wapengo, Bega Valley Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History Archaeo ...

, 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 area of Cheshire West and Chester. It constitutes part of the ...

, England, a village *

Ness, Lewis Ness () is the northernmost part of the Isle of Lewis, a community consisting of about 16 villages, including Lionel, Habost, Swainbost, Cross, North and South Dell, Cross Skigersta, Skigersta, Eorodale, Adabroc, Port of Ness, Knockaird, F ...

, the most northerly area on Lewis, Scotland, UK *

Cuspate foreland Cuspate forelands, also known as cuspate barriers or nesses in Britain, are geographical features found on coastlines and lakeshores that are created primarily by longshore drift.Craig-Smith, S. J., Cuspate Forelands. In: M. L. Schwartz, ed. 2005 ...

, known in England as "ness", a coastal landform *

Loch Ness Loch Ness (; ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for claimed sightings of the cryptozoology, cryptozoological Loch Ness Mons ...

, a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, noted for the Loch Ness Monster *

Ness Botanic Gardens Ness Botanic Gardens are at Ness, Cheshire in the Wirral Peninsula. This is near the cities of Liverpool and Chester and close to the English-Welsh border. They occupy a site of 64 acres overlooking the Dee Estuary. The Ness Botanic Gardens wer ...

, owned by the University of Liverpool and located on the Wirral Peninsula, England *

Ness Islands The Ness Islands (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Nis) are situated on the River Ness, opposite the Bught Park, in the city of Inverness, Scotland. The first bridges to the islands were built in 1828; prior to their construction the only access t ...

, in the River Ness, in Scotland * Ness, North Yorkshire, a former civil parish *

Ness Point Ness Point, also known as Lowestoft Ness, is the most easterly point of England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom and the British Isles. It is located in Lowestoft in the East Suffolk district of the county of Suffolk. The site is located to ...

, most easterly point of the UK, located in Lowestoft, England *

Ness Waterfall Ness or NESS may refer to: Places Australia * Ness, Wapengo, a heritage-listed natural coastal area in New South Wales United Kingdom * Ness, Cheshire, England, a village * Ness, Lewis, the most northerly area on Lewis, Scotland, UK * Cuspate ...

, Scotland *

River Ness The River Ness () is a short river in the Great Glen of Scotland. It begins at Loch Dochfour, at the northern end of Loch Ness, and flows northeast towards the city of Inverness, where it empties into the Moray Firth. It runs parallel to t ...

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

United States

Ness City, Kansas Ness City is a city in and the county seat of Ness County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,329. Ness City is famous for its four-story Old Ness County Bank Building located downtown and nickname ...

Ness County, Kansas Ness County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Ness City, Kansas, Ness City. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county population was 2,687. The cou ...

Ness Township, Minnesota Ness Township is a township in St. Louis County, Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 62 at the 2010 census. County roads in St. Louis County, Minnesota#29, Saint Louis County Road 29 (CR 29) passes through ...

Elsewhere

Mount Ness The Batterbee Mountains are a group of prominent mountains rising to , which forms part of the dissected edge of Dyer Plateau overlooking George VI Sound, on the west coast of Palmer Land. First seen and photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellswor ...

, Palmer Land, Antarctica *

Ness Lake Ness Lake is a lake in British Columbia's Northern Interior. Located northwest of the city of Prince George, it is a popular destination for fishing, swimming, water sports and other recreational activities. The lake has a distinctive sha ...

, 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 Wa ...

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 for ...

* Ness, nickname of

Alma Moreno Venesa Moreno Lacsamana (born May 25, 1959), professionally known as Alma Moreno (), is a Filipino actress and politician. Early life Moreno was born in Cervantes, Ilocos Sur to her parents Frank Lacsamana, from Pampanga, and Jean Moreno. Ac ...

(born 1959), Filipina actress and politician * Ness, a name sometimes used by French rapper

Nessbeal Nabil Sahli (born 16 August 1978), better known by his stage name Nessbeal, is a French rapper. Nessbeal started earlier as NessBeal under which he released his debut studio album ''La mélodie des briques''. At times he has also used NE2S or ju ...

(born 1978)

Fictional entities

Ness (EarthBound) is a fictional character in the ''Mother'' role-playing video games published by Nintendo, created by Japanese video game designer Shigesato Itoi. His first appearance was in the 1994 Super NES game ''EarthBound'' (known as ''Mother 2'' in J ...

, a fictional character featured in the ''Mother'' and ''Super Smash Bros.'' video game series *

Ness (Irish mythology) Ness (, ), also called Nessa, is a princess of the Ulaid and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Her father is Eochaid Sálbuide, king of the Ulaid. According to one version of the legend, she asks the druid ...

, a princess * NESS, one of two warring factions in the anime series ''

Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko is a Japanese light novel series written by Takashi Shōji and illustrated by Takashi Akaishizawa from 1993 to 2013. The series received three adaptations by J.C.Staff and Akiyuki Shinbo consisting of two 3-episode OVAs and a 26-epi ...

'' * Lapras, a

Pokémon is a Japanese media franchise consisting of List of Pokémon video games, video games, Pokémon (TV series), animated series and List of Pokémon films, films, Pokémon Trading Card Game, a trading card game, and other related media. The fran ...

whose prototype name was Ness

Organizations and enterprises

Ness Foundation The Ness Foundation was a research charity based near Inverness, Scotland. It was active from 1999 and was a constituent partner of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) until the foundation became insolvent and by 2008 and parts were ...

, a medical research charity near Inverness, Scotland *

Ness Digital Engineering Ness Digital Engineering () is a portfolio company of KKR. History Ness Digital Engineering is an IT firm. In 2011, Ness Digital Engineering had 7,000 employees around the world, with 10 satellite locations across the US, Europe, and India. Bet ...

, an Israel-based provider of IT services *

New England Skeptical Society The New England Skeptical Society (NESS) is an American organization dedicated to promoting science and reason. It was founded in January 1996 as the Connecticut Skeptical Society, by Steven Novella, Perry DeAngelis and Bob Novella. The group lat ...

(NESS) *

National Emergency Stockpile System The National Emergency Stockpile System (NESS) is a federal Government of Canada response to the needs of the health care system in case of an emergency. It is a responsibility of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Synopsis The NESS is: ...

, a Canadian reserve system *

Nisga'a Elementary Secondary School Nisga'a Elementary Secondary School (NESS) is a public K-12 school in Gitlaxt'aamiks, British Columbia, Canada. NESS is operated by School District 92 Nisga'a. It is the elementary school for Gitlaxt'aamiks as well as the designated secondary ...

(NESS), Gitlakdamix, British Columbia, Canada

Ships

* , two Royal Navy ships *

Ness-class combat stores ship The Ness-class combat stores ship were a class of three combat stores ships built by Swan Hunter for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom, in the mid-1960s. They were purchased by the United States ...

, a Royal Navy class of three ships

Other uses

Ness Award The Ness Award is an annual award of the Royal Geographical Society The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the Unite ...

, 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 The Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat) is a Canadian microsatellite using a 15-cm aperture f/5.88 Maksutov telescope (similar to that on the MOST spacecraft), with 3-axis stabilisation giving a pointing stability of ~2 arcsecon ...

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

, an incinerator in Aberdeen, Scotland