Loch Kirkaig
Loch Kirkaig is a small tidal sea loch, located in the region and parish of Assynt in south-west of Sutherland, in the west coast of Scotland and in the Scottish Highlands.Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: sealoch in Assynt, Highland, Scotland
- Also known as: “Loch Chirceig”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Soyea Island.
Soyea Island
Island
Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Soyea Island or Soyea is an uninhabited rocky island at the mouth of Loch Inver, in Assynt, Sutherland, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. It is three nautical miles west of Lochinver and two nautical miles south-southwest of Achmelvich. Soyea Island is situated 2½ miles northwest of Loch Kirkaig.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inverkirkaig and Strathan.
Inverkirkaig
Hamlet
Photo: Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverkirkaig is extremely remote scattered crofting township, situated on the north eastern bay, of the sea loch Loch Kirkaig, in the Assynt district of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Strathan
Village
Strathan is a remote scattered coastal village, located in Bàgh an t-strathain Bay, which lies on the south shore of the sea loch, Loch Inver, in the Assynt district of the west coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Strathan is situated 2 miles northeast of Loch Kirkaig.
Inverpolly
Locality
Photo: Grinner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inverpolly is the name given to a large area of northern Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, north of Ullapool. The area contains several prominent hills, rising up from a rough landscape of bogs and lochans. Inverpolly is situated 2½ miles south of Loch Kirkaig.
Loch Kirkaig
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Loch Kirkaig” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Loch Chirceig”
- Cebuano: “Loch Kirkaig”
- Cornish: “Loch Chirceig”
- Irish: “Loch Chirceig”
- Manx: “Loch Chirceig”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Chirceig”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Kirkaig”
- Swedish: “Loch Kirkaig”
- Welsh: “Loch Chirceig”
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