Sollas
Sollas is a small crofting township on the northern coast of the island of North Uist, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vallay.
Vallay
Island
Photo: Lord P in the Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vallay is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It can be reached from North Uist by a long beach at low tide. Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people. Vallay is situated 2½ miles west of Sollas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malaclete and North Uist.
North Uist
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Uist is an island in the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It measures 20 miles north-south, 25 miles east-west, and is separated from Benbecula to the south by a tidal ford, nowadays bridged by a causeway.
Newtonferry
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtonferry is a small crofting community on the island of North Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland, at the end of the B893 road. Newtonferry is within the parish of North Uist. Newtonferry is situated 6 miles northeast of Sollas.
Sollas
- Type: Village
- Description: village on the island of North Uist, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.64974° or 57° 38′ 59″ northLongitude
-7.34611° or 7° 20′ 46″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9C9JJMX3+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 3566007923OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Sollas” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sollas”
- Dutch: “Sollas”
- French: “Sollas”
- Irish: “Solas, Uibhist a-Tuath”
- Japanese: “ソラス”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Solas”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sollas Community Centre and Dun Skellor, broch site.
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