North Erradale
North Erradale is a remote coastal crofting village on the western coast of Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Erradale”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Longa Island.
Longa Island
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longa Island is a small uninhabited island at the mouth of Loch Gairloch, on the west coast of Scotland. Longa is nearly one mile in length with an area of 126 hectares and a maximum elevation of 70 metres above sea level. Longa Island is situated 2 miles south of North Erradale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aultgrishan and Melvaig.
Aultgrishan
Hamlet
Aultgrishan is a small crofting community near Gairloch, Ross-shire. It adjoins Melvaig, within Highland region and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Aultgrishan is situated 3 miles north of North Erradale.
Melvaig
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Dodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melvaig is a crofting township on the coast of western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The houses are largely on a raised shoreline in Wester Ross and are scattered on the crofts into which the land was divided in 1846. Melvaig is situated 3½ miles north of North Erradale.
Gairloch
Photo: Dmacle2179, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gairloch is a straggling community along the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 620 in 2020. The land is hilly and farming isn't very productive, but shellfishing remains a traditional occupation.
North Erradale
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.76198° or 57° 45′ 43″ northLongitude
-5.79786° or 5° 47′ 52″ westElevation
184 feet (56 metres)Open location code
9C9PQ662+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 25300906OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Dutch—“North Erradale” goes by many names.
- Basque: “North Erradale”
- Dutch: “North Erradale”
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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 “North Erradale”. Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.