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Seaforth Island

Seaforth Island is an uninhabited island in the of . Unlike many other islands of the Outer Hebrides which are mainly surrounded by open sea, Seaforth Island lies in a narrow fjord-like sea loch named , 8 kilometres from the open waters of .
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Photo: JJM, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: mountain in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Eilean Seaforth” and “Eilean Shìophoirt”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ardvourlie Castle.

Castle
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 19th-century country house on , one of the Western Isles off the north-west coast of Scotland. The house was built beside in 1863 as a hunting lodge on the North Harris Estate, for Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore, the then owner of the island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arivruach and Rèinigeadal.

Village
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Airidh a' Bhruaich is a scattered crofting township in the South Lochs district of the in the of . It lies at the head of the sea loch of . is situated 5 miles northeast of Seaforth Island.

Hamlet
Photo: JJM, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small settlement in Harris, in the Western Isles in . It is situated on the east coast of Harris 8 kilometres east of , at the western side of the entrance to . is situated 6 miles south of Seaforth Island.

Hamlet
Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bun Abhainn Eadarra or is a hamlet adjacent to the Loch Bun Abhainn Eadarra, on the south shore of North Harris, in the , Scotland. is situated 6 miles southwest of Seaforth Island.

Seaforth Island

Latitude
57.99672° or 57° 59′ 48″ north
Longitude
-6.72678° or 6° 43′ 36″ west
Elevation
623 feet (190 metres)
Open location code
9C9MX7WF+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 245364392
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2638307
Wiki­data ID
Q2731450
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Seaforth Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Seaforth Island (pulo sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
  • Cebuano: “Seaforth Island”
  • Chinese: “錫福士島”
  • Chinese: “錫福斯島”
  • Chinese: “锡福斯岛”
  • Dutch: “Seaforth Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سيافورث ايسلاند”
  • French: “Seaforth”
  • German: “Seaforth Island”
  • Ladin: “Seaforth Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Seaforth Island”
  • Swedish: “Seaforth Island”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sgeir Ghlas Seaforth Island and Lochan nan Clach-mòra.

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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 “Seaforth Island”. Photo: JJM, CC BY-SA 2.0.