Tayinloan

Tayinloan is a village situated on the west coast of the peninsula in , Scotland. The village has a sub post office, general store and a small hotel, a village hall and a play park.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: Tayenloan

Places of Interest

Highlights include Killean Chapel.

Place of worship
is a place of worship.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ardminish and Gigha.

Village
is the sole village on the Isle of Gigha in the , in , Scotland, and considered its "capital". It is connected to the mainland through a regular ferry service that runs to Tayinloan. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Tayinloan.

is an island 3 miles off on the west coast of Scotland. The name is probably from Norse Guðey, “god’s island” or “good island”. It’s about 6 miles north-south by 1½ miles wide, and in 2011 had a population of 163.

Tayinloan

Latitude
55.65177° or 55° 39′ 6″ north
Longitude
-5.66155° or 5° 39′ 42″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB TAI
Open location code
9C7PM82Q+P9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 539378106
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2636163
Wiki­data ID
Q212090
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Tayinloan” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Tayinloan
  • Dutch: Tayinloan
  • French: Tayinloan
  • German: Tayinloan
  • Irish: Taigh an Lòin
  • Scottish Gaelic: Taigh an Lòin
  • Scottish Gaelic: Tayinloan
  • Swedish: Tayinloan

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Killean and Rhunahaorine.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Killean St. John’s Church Graveyard and Killean Old Chuchyard Cemetery Extension.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tayinloan”. Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.