Monach Islands
The Monach Islands, also known as Heisker, are an island group west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The islands are not to be confused with Hyskeir in the Inner Hebrides, or Haskeir which is also off North Uist and visible from the group.Photo: Conor Lawless, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: archipelago of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Heiskeir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sibhinis and Ceann Iar.
Sibhinis
Islet
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Sibhinis, Siobhanais or Shivinish. is one of the Monach Islands, lying between Ceann Iar to the west and Ceann Ear to the east. It is tidal, and connected at low tide to Ceann Iar by Fadhail Shibhinis, and to Ceann Ear by Faodhail Chinn Ear.
Ceann Iar
Island
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Ceann Iar is one of the Monach Isles/Heisgeir, to the west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. It is a slender island, approximately a mile, or two kilometres long.
Ceann Ear
Island
Photo: Marc Calhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ceann Ear is the largest island in the Monach or Heisgeir group off North Uist in north west Scotland. It is 203 hectares in size. It is the most easterly of the three main Monach Islands, and connected by sandbanks to Ceann Iar via Sibhinis at low tide.
Monach Islands
- Categories: archipelago and landform
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Monach Islands” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Heiskeir”
- Basque: “Monach uharteak”
- Breton: “Heisgeir”
- Breton: “Heiskeir”
- Catalan: “Heiskeir”
- Catalan: “Illes Monach”
- Cebuano: “Heiskeir”
- Cebuano: “Heisker Islands”
- Chinese: “莫納赫群島”
- Dutch: “Heisgeir”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزر موناتش”
- French: “Heiskeir”
- French: “îles Monach”
- French: “Îles Monach”
- German: “Heiskeir”
- German: “Monach Islands”
- Irish: “Eilean Heisgeir”
- Irish: “Heiskeir”
- Japanese: “モナック諸島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Heiskeir”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monach Islands”
- Portuguese: “Heiskeir”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Monach”
- Russian: “Монах”
- Scots: “Heiskeir”
- Scots: “Monach Islands”
- Spanish: “Heiskeir”
- Spanish: “Islas Monach”
- Swedish: “Heiskeir”
- Swedish: “Heisker Islands”
- Welsh: “Heiskeir”
- Welsh: “Ynysoedd Heisgeir”
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Highlights include Cnoc Bharr and Leac a‘ Bharraich.
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