Soyea Island
Soyea Island or Soyea is an uninhabited rocky island at the mouth of Loch Inver, in Assynt, Sutherland, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. It is three nautical miles west of Lochinver and two nautical miles south-southwest of Achmelvich.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Assynt, Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Soya Island” and “Soyea”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochinver and Clachtoll.
Lochinver
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Lochinver is a small fishing village in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 651 in 2011. It's about 30 miles north of Ullapool. Lochinver starkly illustrates the plight of Scotland's fishing industry: many foreign trawlers land their catch here, but hardly any Scottish boats still operate.
Clachtoll
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clachtoll is a coastal fishing and crofting village situated on the Bay of Clachtoll, in the ancient parish of Assynt, Sutherland county, in the Highland Council area on the north western edge of Scotland.
Stoer
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoer is a crofting township in the parish of Assynt, Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland and in the council area of Highland. It is located about five miles north of the village of Lochinver.
Soyea Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.14366° or 58° 8′ 37″ northLongitude
-5.31997° or 5° 19′ 12″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9CCP4MVJ+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 3619012OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2637266Wikidata ID
Q24637535
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Soyea Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Soyea Island”
- Swedish: “Soyea Island”
Localities in the Area
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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 “Soyea Island”. Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.