Horse Island
Horse Island is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles, in the west of Scotland. Once inhabited, the island now only supports a herd of wild goats. It rises to a maximum elevation of 60 metres at Sgùrr nan Uan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in the mouth of Loch Broom, Highland, Scotland, UK, one of the Summer Isles
- Also known as: “Horse” and “Horse Island, Summer Isles”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polglass and Achiltibuie.
Polglass
Village
Polglass is a long crofting township, lying on the north shore of the sea loch, Loch Broom in Ullapool Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Polglass is situated 2 miles north of Horse Island.
Achiltibuie
Achiltibuie is a community straggling along the west coast of Ross and Cromarty, north of Ullapool in the Scottish Highlands. As well as the village, the name applies to all the coast between Achduart and Reiff, taking in the hamlets of Polglass, Polbain and Altandhu.Polbain
Village
Photo: Ann Hodgson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Polbain is a remote crofting township, located on the north Badentarbat Bay on the west coast of Scotland, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Polbain is situated 4 miles northwest of Horse Island.
Horse Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Horse Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horse Island”
- Chinese: “霍爾斯島 (薩默群島)”
- Chinese: “霍爾斯島”
- French: “Horse Island”
- German: “Horse Island”
- Irish: “Eilean nan Eich”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Horse Island i Summer Isles”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean nan Eich”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Horse Island, Summer Isles”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Horse Island”
- Swedish: “Horse Island, Highland”
- Swedish: “Horse Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Acheninver and Badenscallie.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sgurr nan Uan (Horse Island) and Meall nan Gabhar.
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