Uig Bay
Uig Bay is a bay in Highland Council, Scotland. Uig Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Earlish, as well as near the locality An Sgàtan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lithobius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dun Skudiburgh and Uig Tower.
Dun Skudiburgh
Fort
Photo: IBM Ralston, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dun Skudiburgh is a prehistoric fort near Uig, Skye, Scotland. The site is on the west coast of Trotternish, on a steep-sided knoll about 60 metres above the shore of Loch Snizort.
Uig Tower
Building
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Uig Tower, also known as Captain Fraser's Folly, is a nineteenth-century folly in Uig on the island of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. It is a category B listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uig and Peinlich.
Uig
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uig is a village in the north of Skye, with a population of 423 in 2011. "Uig" derives from Old Norse vík, a bay, and it's a port with ferries to the Outer Hebrides.
Peinlich
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peinlich is a hamlet on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Its main claim to fame is that its name is German for "embarrassing". See List of United Kingdom locations: Pe-Pen.
Kilvaxter
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilvaxter is a crofting township located on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the council area of Highland.
Uig Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay on Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.57696° or 57° 34′ 37″ northLongitude
-6.38517° or 6° 23′ 7″ westElevation
148 feet (45 metres)Open location code
9C9MHJG7+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 1780189322OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Uig Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Uig Bay”
- Swedish: “Uig Bay”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Earlish and An Sgàtan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Uig community fire station and SkyeXplorer.
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