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Eilean nan Ròn

Eilean nan Ròn or Roan Island is an island near , in the north of , Scotland. An estimated 350 seal pups are born here annually.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Highland, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Eilean nan Ron”, “Eilean-nan-Roan”, “Roan Island”, and “Seal Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Neave Island.

Islet
or Coomb Island is an island in the council area of , on the north coast of the mainland. is a small rugged island to the east of Eilean nan Ròn in Sutherland, separated from the mainland by a narrow channel, Caol Beag.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skerray and Skullomie.

Village
Photo: Tim Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a remote small crofting hamlet and fishing port on the north coast of , Scotland. It is located 7+3⁄4 miles by road northeast of Tongue and 40+1⁄4 miles by road west of .

Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scullomie is a small fishing and crofting township at the head of Tongue Bay in in the . It is located around 3 miles north of the village of Tongue on the northern coast of Scotland and is in the council area of Highland.

Village
Photo: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a crofting township in and is in the council area of Highland .

Eilean nan Ròn

Latitude
58.55497° or 58° 33′ 18″ north
Longitude
-4.33922° or 4° 20′ 21″ west
Open location code
9CCQHM36+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 3615265
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2639184
Wiki­data ID
Q371167
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Eilean nan Ròn” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Eilean nan Ron”
  • Chinese: “南羅恩島”
  • Dutch: “Eilean nan Ròn”
  • French: “Eilean nan Ròn”
  • Irish: “Eilean nan Rón”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eilean nan Ròn”
  • Swedish: “Eilean nan Ron”
  • Turkish: “Eilean nan Ròn”

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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 “Eilean nan Ròn”. Photo: Donnie Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.