Melvaig
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.
- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 180 feet (50 metres)
- …is also known as “Mealabhaig”
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aultgrishan and Cove.
Aultgrishan
Hamlet
Aultgrishan is a small crofting community near Gairloch, Ross-shire.
Inverasdale
Inverasdale is a hamlet in the Northwest Highlands…
5 miles east of Melvaig
Melvaig
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Latitude
57.81413° or 57° 48′ 51″ north
Longitude
-5.80418° or 5° 48′ 15″ west
Open location code
9C9PR57W+M8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Melvaig” goes by many names.
MelvaigBasque
MealabhaigBreton
MealabhaigCornish
MelvaigDutch
A‘ BhoilcIrish
MealabhaigIrish
MealbhaigIrish
MealabhaigManx
A‘ BhoilcScottish Gaelic
MealabhaigScottish Gaelic
MealbhaigScottish Gaelic
MelvaigScottish Gaelic
MealabhaigWelsh
MelvaigWelsh
Melvaig - Mealabhaig
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