Kylerhea
Kylerhea is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands, overlooking Kyle Rhea, a strait splitting Skye from the Scottish mainland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wfmiller, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Caol Reithe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Glenelg Light and Kylerhea Minor Light.
Kylerhea Minor Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kylerhea Minor Light is a lighthouse.
Beinn na Caillich
Peak
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beinn na Caillich is a mountain with a height of 732 metres, overlooking Kyle Rhea at the eastern end of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is often climbed along with its slightly higher south-western neighbour, Sgurr na Coinnich. Beinn na Caillich is situated 2 miles northwest of Kylerhea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenelg and Kyleakin.
Glenelg
Glenelg is a small village on the coast of Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands, which historically was one of the main crossings to and from Skye. The cattle swam across on their way to market, while the humans took a ferry.
Kyleakin
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kyleakin is a village on the island of Skye, traditionally a ferry port. It has become quieter since the Skye Bridge replaced the ferry from the mainland, but is an attractive small place worth a stop. In 2011 the population was around 300.
Balvraid
Hamlet
Photo: Dorothy Carse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balvraid is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ miles southeast of Kylerhea.
Kylerhea
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.22231° or 57° 13′ 20″ northLongitude
-5.66614° or 5° 39′ 58″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9C9P68CM+WGOpenStreetMap ID
node 983644731OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Kylerhea” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kylerhea”
- Dutch: “Kylerhea”
- Irish: “Caol Reatha”
- Irish: “Caol Reithe”
- Persian: “کایلرهی”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caol Reatha”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caol Reithe”
- “Caol Reatha”
- “Caol Reithe”
- “Kylerhea”
- “Kylerhea - Caol Reithe”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kylerhea Crofts Market Garden & Nursery and Glenelg Fire Station.
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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 “Kylerhea”. Photo: Wfmiller, CC BY-SA 2.0.