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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nick Bramhall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
- Type: Bay
- Description: sea loch in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: inlet and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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 Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Hourn” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loch Hourn”
- French: “Loch Hourn”
- French: “Loch Shubhairne”
- German: “Loch Hourn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Hourn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Shubhairne”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Shubhairne”
- Swedish: “Loch Hourn”
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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 “Loch Hourn”. Photo: Nick Bramhall, CC BY-SA 2.0.