Sound of Sleat
The Sound of Sleat is a narrow sea channel off the western coast of Scotland. It divides the Sleat peninsula on the south-east side of the Isle of Skye from Morar, Knoydart and Glenelg on the Scottish mainland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: strait in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Sleat Sound”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sleat Primary School.
Sleat Primary School
School
Bun-sgoil Shlèite is a primary school on the Sleat peninsula of the island of Skye in Scotland. It is Scotland's only Gaelic Medium School with an English department. It was established in August 2007 though the building originally opened in November 1983.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilmore and Ferindonald.
Kilmore
Hamlet
Photo: John McLuckie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilmore is a small township on the east coast of the Sleat peninsula of the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish council area of Highland. It lies on the A851 road and is 1⁄4 mile southwest of Ferindonald. Bun-sgoil Shlèite and Sleat Medical Centre are located at the southern end of Kilmore, and the Gaelic college Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is 1⁄2 mile southwest.
Ferindonald
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ferindonald or Ferrindonald is a crofting township, located on the east coast of the Sleat peninsula, lying on the A851 road, in the Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Airor
Hamlet
Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Airor is a hamlet in the peninsula of Knoydart, Lochaber, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. It is situated on the north-west coast of Knoydart, and consists of a few houses clustered round Airor Bay, as well as several pre-clearance ruins.
Sound of Sleat
- Categories: strait and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.07445° or 57° 4′ 28″ northLongitude
-5.827° or 5° 49′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C9P35FF+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 931177228OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2637657Wikidata ID
Q7564782
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Sound of Sleat” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sound of Sleat”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Linne Shlèiteach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Linne Shleiteach, An”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Linne Shlèiteach”
- Swedish: “Sound of Sleat”
- Turkish: “Sleat Boğazı”
- Welsh: “Swnt Sleat”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include An Sgòrr and Leabharlann Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.
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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 “Sound of Sleat”. Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.