Salen
Salen is a coastal village on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, overlooking Salen Bay which is an inlet of the sea loch, Loch Sunart. Located in the Scottish council area of Highland, it is on the road to Ardnamurchan Point, the most westerly point of mainland Britain.Photo: Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 90 residents
- Description: village on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, Highland, Scotland
- Also known as: “Salen, Ardnamurchan”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Resipole and Acharacle.
Resipole
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Resipole is a settlement on the Ardnamurchan peninsula in Highland, Scotland. Resipole is located on the A861 road on the northern shore of Loch Sunart. Resipole is situated 2 miles east of Salen.
Acharacle
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Acharacle is a village on the landward end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula in the Scottish Highlands, at the foot of Loch Shiel. The ford referred to in the name spans the River Shiel, and, according to legend, was the site of a battle between Somerled and a Norwegian warrior named Torquil. Acharacle is situated 2 miles north of Salen.
Kentra
Hamlet
Kentra is a hamlet overlooking the east coast of Kentra Bay, on the north east end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula near Acharacle, Scottish Highlands. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Kentra is situated 3½ miles northwest of Salen.
Salen
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.71652° or 56° 42′ 60″ northLongitude
-5.77663° or 5° 46′ 36″ westPopulation
90Elevation
197 feet (60 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB AENOpen location code
9C8PP68F+J8OpenStreetMap ID
node 738034327OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Salen” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Salen”
- Irish: “An Sàilean”
- Irish: “An t-Sáilean”
- Irish: “An t-Sàilean”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An t-Sàilein”
- Spanish: “Salen, Ardnamurchan”
- Spanish: “Salen”
- Swedish: “Salen, Highland”
- Swedish: “Salen”
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