Sheep Island
Sheep Island is a small uninhabited island situated off the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland. Sheep Island, along with Sanda Island and Glunimore Island, form a small group of islands approximately three kilometres south of Kintyre at grid reference NR733055.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Johnny Durnan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Sheep” and “Sheep Island, Argyll”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sanda Island and Glunimore Island.
Sanda Island
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sanda Island is a small island in the Firth of Clyde, off of Argyll and Bute, Scotland, near the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula, near Southend and Dunaverty Castle.
Glunimore Island
Islet
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Glunimore Island is an uninhabited island around 3 miles southeast of the Kintyre peninsula, Scotland. It lies alongside Sanda Island and Sheep Island The island is just 200 metres long and rises to a height of 27 metres.
Sanda lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: David Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sanda Island is a small island in the Firth of Clyde, off of Argyll and Bute, Scotland, near the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula, near Southend and Dunaverty Castle.
Sheep Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.29183° or 55° 17′ 31″ northLongitude
-5.57174° or 5° 34′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C7P7CRH+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 376949974OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sheep Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sheep Island”
- French: “Sheep Island (Ecosse)”
- French: “Sheep Island”
- Hebrew: “האי שיפ (סקוטלנד)”
- Hebrew: “האי שיפ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sheep Island i Argyll”
- Polish: “Sheep Island”
- Swedish: “Sheep Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wood Hill and Black Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Ninians Chapel and Sanda.
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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 “Sheep Island”. Photo: Johnny Durnan, CC BY-SA 2.0.