Isle Ristol
Isle Ristol, the innermost of the Summer Isles in Scotland, is a Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve. Lying roughly 12 miles north of Ullapool in Wester Ross, it is a tidal island, in Loch an Alltain Duibh, that is separated by a narrow channel from Old Dorney Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: innermost of the Summer Isles in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Isle Risdale”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eilean Mullagrach and Glas-leac Mòr.
Eilean Mullagrach
Island
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilean Mullagrach is an island in the Summer Isles of Scotland. It is located in Highland council area, in the northwestern part of the country, 800 km northwest of the United Kingdom capital London.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Altandhu and Polbain.
Altandhu
Village
Altandhu is a small hamlet, overlooking the sea loch, Loch an Alltain Duibh to the west, on the western shore of the Rubha Mor Peninsula, in the Achiltibuie area, in Ullapool, Ross-shire, Scotland, within the Scottish council area of Highland.
Polbain
Village
Photo: Ann Hodgson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Polbain is a remote crofting township, located on the north Badentarbat Bay on the west coast of Scotland, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Reiff
Village
Photo: Albert Slot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Reiff is a small remote coastal crofting and fishing village, situated on Reiff Bay on the Ruhba Mòr peninsula, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Isle Ristol
- Categories: tidal island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.04559° or 58° 2′ 44″ northLongitude
-5.43723° or 5° 26′ 14″ westElevation
108 feet (33 metres)Open location code
9CCP2HW7+64OpenStreetMap ID
way 3619210OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2639305Wikidata ID
Q369016
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Isle Ristol” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Isle Ristol”
- Chinese: “里斯托爾島”
- French: “île Ristol”
- French: “Île Ristol”
- Japanese: “リストル島”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean Ruisteil”
- Swedish: “Isle Ristol”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Seana-bhaile and Ardoch.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tràigh an t-Sean Bhaile and Meall Dearg.
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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 “Isle Ristol”. Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.