Loch Hourn
Loch Hourn is a sea loch which separates the peninsulas of Glenelg to the north and Knoydart to the south, on the west coast of Scotland.Photo: Nick Bramhall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: sea loch in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Loch Shubhairne”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beinn Sgritheall.
Beinn Sgritheall
Peak
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, Public domain.
Beinn Sgritheall or Beinn an Sgrithill, also anglicized Ben Sgriol, is the highest mountain on the Glenelg peninsula in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arnisdale and Balvraid.
Arnisdale
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Amsden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arnisdale is a hamlet in the historic county of Inverness-shire in the local authority area of Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of Loch Hourn, around 10 miles down a single-track road from Glenelg.
Loch Hourn
- Categories: inlet and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.1187° or 57° 7′ 7″ northLongitude
-5.57314° or 5° 34′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C9P4C9G+FPOpenStreetMap ID
way 670785727OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2646516Wikidata ID
Q3257703
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Loch Hourn” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Loch Shubhairne”
- Cebuano: “Loch Hourn”
- Cornish: “Loch Shubhairne”
- French: “Loch Hourn”
- German: “Loch Hourn”
- Irish: “Loch Shubhairne”
- Manx: “Loch Shubhairne”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Hourn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Shubhairne”
- Swedish: “Loch Hourn”
- Welsh: “Loch Shubhairne”
- “Loch Hourn - Loch Shubhairne”
- “Loch Shubhairne”
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Localities in the Area
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