Caolas Scalpay

Caolas Scalpay is a strait in Highland Council, Scotland. Caolas Scalpay is situated nearby to the hamlet Strollamus, as well as near Dùnan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Scalpay and Beinn na Caillich.

Scalpay

Island

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Scalpay is an inhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland which has a population of 4.

Beinn na Caillich is a mountain with a height of 732 metres, west of Broadford on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is one of the Red Hills, or Red Cuillin. There is another Beinn na Caillich at Kyle Rhea on Skye, with an identical height.

Guillamon Island

Islet

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Guillamon Island is an uninhabited island south of Scalpay, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. It is 8 acres in area and 400 yards long in a north-to-south direction.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dùnan and Luib.

Dùnan

Hamlet

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Dunan is a settlement on the south shore of the sea loch, Loch na Cairidh near Broadford, on the island of Skye in Scotland and is in the council area of Highland. The village of Luib is less than 1 mile east of Dunan along the A87 road.

Luib

Hamlet

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Luib is a crofting and fishing settlement on the south east shore of the sea loch, Loch Ainort near Broadford, on the island of Skye in Scotland. It is in the council area of Highland.The settlement of Dunan is 1 mile directly east of Luib, along the A87 coast road.