The Minch
The Minch is a strait in north-west Scotland that separates the mainland from Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides. It was known as Skotlandsfjörð in Old Norse.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Strait
- …is also known as “North Minch”
- Description: strait between the Inner and Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
58.04714° or 58° 2′ 50″ north
Longitude
-5.91071° or 5° 54′ 39″ west
Open location code
9CCP23WQ+VP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = strait
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“The Minch” goes by many names.
Klein MinchAfrikaans
Little MinchAfrikaans
MinchAfrikaans
مضيق منتشArabic
El MinchAsturian
Nort-Minç boğazıAzerbaijani
Норт-МінчBelarusian
MinchBreton
The MinchBreton
The MinchCatalan
The MinchCebuano
明奇海峡Chinese
明奇海峽Chinese
Severní MinchCzech
Velký MinchCzech
záliv MinchCzech
The MinchDanish
MinchDutch
The MinchEstonian
MinchFinnish
מינץ‘Hebrew
An Cuan SgìthIrish
An Cuan SgitheanachIrish
Cuan na HearadhIrish
North MinchItalian
The MinchItalian
ミンチ海峡Japanese
Норт-МинчKazakh
민치 해협Korean
MinčsLatvian
МинчMacedonian
The MinchNorwegian
An Cuan CanachNorwegian Nynorsk
An Cuan LeòdhasachNorwegian Nynorsk
An Cuan SgìthNorwegian Nynorsk
Cuan na HearadhNorwegian Nynorsk
Little MinchNorwegian Nynorsk
MinchNorwegian Nynorsk
SkotlandsfjörðNorwegian Nynorsk
SkottlandsfjordenNorwegian Nynorsk
The Little MinchNorwegian Nynorsk
The Lower MinchNorwegian Nynorsk
The MinchNorwegian Nynorsk
The North MinchNorwegian Nynorsk
MinchPolish
North MinchPolish
The MinchPolish
Норт-МинчRussian
An Cuan SgiathanachScottish Gaelic
An Cuan SgìthScottish Gaelic
An Cuan SgitheanachScottish Gaelic
Cuan na HearadhScottish Gaelic
Cuan SgiathanachScottish Gaelic
Cuan SgitheanachScottish Gaelic
MinchSerbo-Croatian
Minčský prielivSlovak
MinčSlovenian
North MinchSlovenian
Severni MinčSlovenian
The MinchSwedish
Норт-МінчUkrainian
MinchWelsh
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