Mingulay
Mingulay is the second largest of the Bishop's Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Located 12 nautical miles south of Barra, it is known for an extensive Gaelic oral tradition incorporating folklore, song and stories and its important seabird populations, including puffins, black-legged kittiwakes, and razorbills, which nest in the sea-cliffs, amongst the highest in the British Isles.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 580 feet (180 metres)
- Description: island in the south of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as“Mingalay”“Miùghalaigh”
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Mingulay
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Latitude
56.81347° or 56° 48′ 49″ north
Longitude
-7.64234° or 7° 38′ 32″ west
Open location code
9C8JR975+93
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Mingulay” goes by many names.
МингулайBulgarian
MingulayCatalan
MingulayCebuano
明古萊島Chinese
MingulayDutch
مينجولاىEgyptian Arabic
MiùghalaighEsperanto
ΜίνγκουλιGreek
MiùghalaighIrish
MiùghlaighIrish
ミングレイ島Japanese
MingulayNorwegian
MingulayNorwegian Bokmål
MingulayNorwegian Nynorsk
МингалейRussian
MingulayScots
MingalaScottish Gaelic
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