Little Colonsay
Little Colonsay is an uninhabited island west of the island of the Isle of Mull in Scotland. The geology of the island is columnar basalt, similar to that of neighbouring Staffa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Christine Howson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Christine Howson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island west of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Colonsay”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ulva Ferry and Achleck.
Ulva Ferry
Hamlet
Photo: Tim S Addison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ulva Ferry is a hamlet and ferry port on the Hebridean island of Mull, on the Ulva Sound at the west of the island. Ulva Ferry is situated 5 miles northeast of Little Colonsay.
Achleck
Hamlet
Achleck is a small settlement in the north-west of the Isle of Mull in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Achleck is situated 6 miles north of Little Colonsay.
Little Colonsay
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.45124° or 56° 27′ 4″ northLongitude
-6.25827° or 6° 15′ 30″ westElevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
9C8MFP2R+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 4009661OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2644348Wikidata ID
Q2746317
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Little Colonsay” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Little Colonsay”
- Cebuano: “Little Colonsay”
- Chinese: “小科伦赛岛”
- Chinese: “小科倫賽島”
- French: “Little Colonsay”
- Irish: “Colbhasa Beag”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Little Colonsay”
- Russian: “Литл-Колонсей”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Colbhasa Beag”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Little Colonsay”
- Spanish: “Little Colonsay”
- Swedish: “Little Colonsay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lower Kilviceun and Upper Kilviceun.
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Highlights include Garbh Eilean and Sgeir Bhan.
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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 “Little Colonsay”. Photo: Christine Howson, CC BY-SA 2.0.