The Minch

The Minch is a strait in north-west that separates the mainland from in the . It was known as Skotlandsfjörð in Old Norse.
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait between the Inner and Outer Hebrides, Scotland
  • Also known as: “An Cuan Canach”, “An Cuan Leòdhasach”, “An Cuan Sgiathanach”, “An Cuan Sgìth”, “Cuan na Hearadh”, “Cuan Sgiathanach”, “Cuan Sgitheanach”, “Estrecho de Minch”, “Klein Minch”, “Little Minch”, “Minč”, “North Minch”, “O Minch”, “Severni Minč”, “Skotlandsfjörð”, “Skottlandsfjorden”, “The Little Minch”, “The Lower Minch”, “The North Minch”, “Velký Minch”, and “záliv Minch”

The Minch

Latitude
58.04714° or 58° 2′ 50″ north
Longitude
-5.91071° or 5° 54′ 39″ west
Open location code
9CCP23WQ+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 704093876
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
2642453
Wiki­data ID
Q1143789
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“The Minch” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Minch”
  • Arabic: “مضيق منتش”
  • Asturian: “El Minch”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nort-Minc boğazı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nort-Minç boğazı”
  • Belarusian: “Норт-Мінч”
  • Breton: “The Minch”
  • Catalan: “The Minch”
  • Cebuano: “The Minch”
  • Chinese: “明奇海峡”
  • Chinese: “明奇海峽”
  • Czech: “Severní Minch”
  • Danish: “The Minch”
  • Dutch: “Minch”
  • Estonian: “The Minch”
  • Finnish: “Minch”
  • French: “The Minch”
  • German: “Minchkanal”
  • German: “The Minch”
  • Hebrew: “מינץ‘”
  • Irish: “An Cuan Sgitheanach”
  • Italian: “The Minch”
  • Japanese: “ミンチ海峡”
  • Kazakh: “Норт-Минч”
  • Korean: “민치 해협”
  • Latvian: “Minčs”
  • Macedonian: “Минч”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Minch”
  • Norwegian: “The Minch”
  • Polish: “The Minch”
  • Portuguese: “The Minch”
  • Russian: “Норт-Минч”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Cuan Sgitheanach”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Minch”
  • Slovak: “Minčský prieliv”
  • Spanish: “El Minch”
  • Swedish: “The Minch”
  • Ukrainian: “Норт-Мінч”
  • Welsh: “Minch”
  • “The Minch”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Camustrolvaig and Lochandraing.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Rubha Reidh Lighthouse and Cnoc nan Stac.

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