Soa Island
Soa Island is an island in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Soa Island is situated nearby to the locality Crossapol, as well as near the hamlet Uig.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Breachacha crannog and Coll Airport.
Breachacha crannog
Archaeological site
The Breachacha crannog is a crannog located near Loch Breachacha, on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. The crannog is designated as a Scheduled monument.
Coll Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coll Island Airport is located 5 NM west southwest of Arinagour on the island of Coll in the Inner Hebrides. Highland Airways who originally operated the route to Oban went into administration in 2010, but a new operator, Hebridean Air Services now operates the route under a PSO with flights to Oban and Tiree using Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander aircraft. Coll Airport is situated 2½ miles north of Soa Island.
Breachacha Castle
Castle
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Breachacha Castle is either of two structures on the shore of Loch Breachacha, on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll, Scotland. The earlier is a 15th-century tower house that was a stronghold of the Macleans of Coll, the island having been granted to John Maclean in 1431. Breachacha Castle is situated 1½ miles north of Soa Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Acha and Coll.
Acha
Hamlet
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Acha is a small hamlet on the Scottish island of Coll. Acha is situated 3 miles northeast of Soa Island.
Coll
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Coll is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It's about 12 miles long by 3 miles wide and in 2011 had a population of 195, mostly in the ferry port of Arinagour.
Arinagour
Village
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Arinagour is a village on the island of Coll, in the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It is the main settlement on the island, and the location of the island's ferry terminal. It has a population of around 50. Arinagour is situated 6 miles northeast of Soa Island.
Soa Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Eilean Soa” and “Soa”
- Category: landform
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.56667° or 56° 34′ northLongitude
-6.63333° or 6° 38′ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9C8MH988+MMGeoNames ID
2637562
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