Lochs
Lochs is a civil parish on the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles, Scotland. It is one of the four civil parishes in Lewis and extends over the south-eastern part.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Region
- Description: area on the Isle of Lewis in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Lochs, Outer Hebrides”, “Na Lochan”, and “Sgìre nan Loch”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balallan and Caversta.
Balallan
Village
Photo: David Wake, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balallan, meaning "Allan's Town", is a crofting township on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Balallan is within the parish of Lochs.
Caversta
Village
Photo: Sarah Egan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cabharstadh or Caversta is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Caversta is situated in the district of Pairc, and is within the parish of Lochs.
Gravir
Village
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gravir, is a village on the shore of Loch Odhairn in the Park district of the Isle of Lewis. Gravir is within the parish of Lochs. There is a Free Church, a school and a voluntary fire station in the village.
Lochs
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.06991° or 58° 4′ 12″ northLongitude
-6.54038° or 6° 32′ 25″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB OCHOpen location code
9CCM3F95+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 13375902265OpenStreetMap feature
place=regionGeoNames ID
2643804Wikidata ID
Q31797924
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Scottish Gaelic—“Lochs” goes by many names.
- French: “Na Lochan”
- Irish: “Na Lochan”
- Irish: “Sgìre nan Loch”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na Lochan, Leòdhas”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na Lochan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sgìre nan Loch”
- “Lochs”
- “Na Lochan”
- “Sgìre nan Loch”
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Highlights include Loch Craigeal and Loch a‘ Mhìle.
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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 “Lochs”. Photo: Ritchyblack, FAL.