Lochailort
Lochailort is a small settlement in Scotland that lies at the head of Loch Ailort, a sea loch, on the junction of the Road to the Isles between Fort William and Mallaig with the A861 towards Salen and Strontian.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Kinloch-Ailort” and “Kinlochailort”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lochailort railway station and Inverailort House.
Lochailort railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lochailort railway station is a railway station serving the village of Lochailort in the Highland Council area in Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, between Glenfinnan and Beasdale, 28 miles 49 chains from the former Banavie Junction.
Inverailort House
House
Photo: Keeshu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inverailort House is a mansion, south of Lochailort, at the head of Loch Ailort.
An Stac
Peak
Photo: Tony Kinghorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
An Stac is the name of a 814 m mountain in the Northwest Highlands, Scotland, on the shore of Loch Ailort on the west coast of Lochaber. A steep-sided conical peak, the mountain is usually climbed in conjunction with its higher neighbour Rois-bheinn. An Stac is situated 2 miles south of Lochailort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roshven.
Roshven
Hamlet
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roshven is a township located on the eastern shoreline of Loch Ailort, in Lochaber, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. Towering above it is Rois-bheinn, the highest hill in the area. Roshven is situated 4 miles southwest of Lochailort.
Lochailort
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Inverness-shire, Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.87838° or 56° 52′ 42″ northLongitude
-5.66425° or 5° 39′ 51″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LCIOpen location code
9C8PV8HP+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 26263025OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2643857Wikidata ID
Q6665057
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Italian—“Lochailort” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lochailort”
- German: “Lochailort”
- Irish: “Ceann Loch Ailleart”
- Italian: “Lochailort”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lochailort Church and Tom Odhar.
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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 “Lochailort”. Photo: Keeshu, CC BY-SA 3.0.