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Mingulay

Mingulay is the second largest of the Barra Isles in the of . Located 12 nautical miles south of , 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 .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the south of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Mingalay” and “Miùghalaigh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arnamul and Barra Head Island.

Islet
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is a stack off the west coast of Mingulay in the Western Isles, . Although precipitous, sheep were grazed on its relatively flat summit during the human occupation of Mingulay.

Island
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Barra Head, also known as Berneray, is the southernmost island of the in . Within the Outer Hebrides, it forms part of the Barra Isles archipelago.

Islet
Photo: Ian Watson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an islet.

Mingulay

Latitude
56.81347° or 56° 48′ 49″ north
Longitude
-7.64245° or 7° 38′ 33″ west
Elevation
577 feet (176 metres)
Open location code
9C8JR975+92
Open­Street­Map ID
way 885235014
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2642444
Wiki­data ID
Q1533261
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Mingulay” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Мингулай”
  • Catalan: “Mingulay”
  • Cebuano: “Mingulay”
  • Chinese: “明古萊島”
  • Dutch: “Mingulay”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مينجولاى”
  • Esperanto: “Miùghalaigh”
  • French: “Mingulay”
  • French: “Miùghalaigh”
  • German: “Mingulay”
  • Greek: “Μίνγκουλι”
  • Irish: “Miughalaigh”
  • Irish: “Miùghalaigh”
  • Irish: “Miùghlaigh”
  • Japanese: “ミングレイ島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mingulay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mingulay”
  • Norwegian: “Mingulay”
  • Portuguese: “Mingulay”
  • Russian: “Мингалей”
  • Scots: “Mingulay”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mingala”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Miughalaigh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Miùghalaigh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Miùghlaigh”
  • Spanish: “Mingulay”
  • Spanish: “Miùghalaigh”
  • Swedish: “Mingulay”

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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 “Mingulay”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.