Polbain

Polbain is a remote crofting township, located on the north on the west coast of Scotland, in western Ross-shire, and is in the council area of Highland.
Wikipedia
Photo: Ann Hodgson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Village
  • …lies at an elevation of 171 feet (52 metres)
  • …is also known as “Am Poll Bàn”
  • Description: human settlement in Lochbroom, Highland, Scotland

Places of Interest

Highlights include Isle Ristol and Loch Vatachan.

Island
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, the innermost of the in Scotland, is a Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve. is situated 2 miles northwest of Polbain.

Lake
or more correctly in Gaelic Loch…

Island
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an island, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Polbain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coigach and Altandhu.

Locality
Photo: paddy heron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a peninsula north of , in Wester Ross in the of .

Village
is a small hamlet, overlooking the sea loch… is situated 1½ miles northwest of Polbain.

is a community straggling along the west…

Polbain

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Latitude
58.03531° or 58° 2′ 7″ north
Longitude
-5.39268° or 5° 23′ 34″ west
Open location code
9CCP2JP4+4W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1776605847
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2640178
Wiki­data ID
Q7209211

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Polbain” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Polbain”
  • Breton: “Am Poll Bàn”
  • Cornish: “Am Poll Bàn”
  • Dutch: “Polbain”
  • German: “Polbain”
  • Irish: “Am Poll Bàn”
  • Manx: “Am Poll Bàn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Am Poll Bàn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Polbain”
  • Welsh: “Am Poll Bàn”
  • Welsh: “Polbain”
  • “Polbain - Am Poll Bàn”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Meall a‘ Chaisteil and Meall an Fheadain.

Scotland: Highlights

Notable places include Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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