Sound of Harris
The Sound of Harris is a channel between the islands of Harris and North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Marc Calhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moor Hill and Borve Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borve and Otternish.
Otternish
Locality
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Otternish is the former North Uist terminal for the ferry to Berneray, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The slipway lies 6 miles north of Lochmaddy, and is situated within the parish of North Uist.
Newtonferry
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtonferry is a small crofting community on the island of North Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland, at the end of the B893 road. Newtonferry is within the parish of North Uist.
Sound of Harris
- Type: Strait
- Description: channel between the islands of Harris and North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Categories: channel and body of water
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.73751° or 57° 44′ 15″ northLongitude
-7.13854° or 7° 8′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C9JPVQ6+2HOpenStreetMap ID
way 705800660OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
2647429Wikidata ID
Q7564767
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Sound of Harris” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Estret de Harris”
- Cebuano: “Sound of Harris”
- Chinese: “哈里斯湾”
- Dutch: “Sound of Harris”
- French: “Détroit de Harris”
- Irish: “Caolas na Hearadh”
- Japanese: “ハリス海峡”
- Swedish: “Sound of Harris”
- Welsh: “Swnt Harris”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sand Hill and Berneray Burial Ground.
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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 “Sound of Harris”. Photo: Marc Calhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.