Handa Island
Handa Island or usually Handa, is an island in Eddrachillis Bay off the west coast of Sutherland, Scotland. It is 309 hectares and 123 metres at its highest point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island off the west coast of Sutherland, Scotland
- Also known as: “Handa” and “Handa, Scotland”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarbet and Scourie.
Tarbet
Hamlet
Photo: AlastairG, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tarbet is a hamlet in Sutherland, on the west coast of Scotland. It is the nearest port of contact to the Scottish Wildlife Trust's national nature reserve of Handa Island, and a small ferry operates between the two.
Scourie
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scourie, historically spelled "Scoury", is a village on the north west coast of Scotland, about halfway between Ullapool and Durness. The name comes from the Gaelic word Sheiling or shed, a stone-built place of shelter used during the summer months.
Fanagmore
Hamlet
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fanagmore is a hamlet in Sutherland, Highland, in far northwestern Scotland. It lies on the south shore of Loch Laxford, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean.
Handa Island
- Categories: nature reserve, wildlife reserve, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.38095° or 58° 22′ 51″ northLongitude
-5.18781° or 5° 11′ 16″ westElevation
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
9CCP9RJ6+9VOpenStreetMap ID
way 417926365OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2647535Wikidata ID
Q1574348
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Satellite Map
Discover Handa Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Handa Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Handa Island”
- Chinese: “漢達島”
- Czech: “Handa”
- Dutch: “Handa”
- French: “Handa”
- German: “Handa Island”
- German: “Handa”
- Irish: “Eilean Shannda”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eilean Shannda”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Handa i Skottland”
- Russian: “Ханда (остров)”
- Russian: “Ханда”
- Swedish: “Handa Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Foindle and Badcall.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sìthean Mòr and Great Stack of Handa.
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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 “Handa Island”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.