Lochboisdale
Lochboisdale is the main village and port on the island of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Lochboisdale is within the parish of South Uist, and is situated on the shore of Loch Baghasdail at the southern end of the A865.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beinn Ruigh Choinnich and Calvay light.
Beinn Ruigh Choinnich
Peak
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beinn Ruigh Choinnich is a hill which overlooks the port of Lochboisdale on the east coast of the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides Scotland. Its name is sometimes given in English as Ben Kenneth, although a literal translation would be 'the hill of Kenneth's slope'.
Calvay light
Lighthouse
Photo: Colin Wheatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calvay light is a lighthouse, which is situated 2 miles east of Lochboisdale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Daliburgh and Askernish.
Daliburgh
Village
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Daliburgh is a crofting township on South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Daliburgh is situated 1+1⁄2 miles west from Lochboisdale, has the second largest population of any township in South Uist, and is also in the parish of South Uist. Daliburgh is situated 2½ miles northwest of Lochboisdale.
Askernish
Village
Photo: Jeremy Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Askernish is a crofting community on South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Askernish is in the parish of South Uist, and is situated on the A865 north of Daliburgh. Askernish is situated 4 miles northwest of Lochboisdale.
Milton
Village
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milton is the name of a tack or tenant farm on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It was on this tack that Jacobite heroine Flora MacDonald was born and spent her childhood. Milton is situated 5 miles northwest of Lochboisdale.
Lochboisdale
- Type: Village with 300 residents
- Description: village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.15292° or 57° 9′ 11″ northLongitude
-7.30732° or 7° 18′ 26″ westPopulation
300Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LBDOpen location code
9C9J5M3V+53OpenStreetMap ID
node 33505587OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Lochboisdale” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lochboisdale”
- Chinese: “洛赫博伊斯代尔”
- Chinese: “洛赫博伊斯代爾”
- Dutch: “Loch Baghasdail”
- Dutch: “Lochboisdale”
- French: “Loch Boisdale”
- French: “Lochboisdale”
- German: “Loch Baghasdail”
- German: “Lochboisdale”
- Irish: “Loch Baghasdail”
- Japanese: “ロクボイスデール”
- Persian: “لاکبویزدیل”
- Scots: “Lochboisdale”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Baghasdail”
- Swedish: “Lochboisdale”
- Welsh: “Loch Baghasdail”
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