Loch Glendhu
Loch Glendhu is a bay in Highland Council, Scotland. Loch Glendhu is situated nearby to the hamlet Unapool, as well as near Kylesku.Photo: Foxie001, Public domain.
- Type: Bay
- Description: sea loch in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Loch a‘ Ghlinne Dhuibh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kylesku Bridge.
Kylesku Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Geoff Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Kylesku Bridge is a distinctively curved concrete box girder bridge in northwest Scotland that crosses Caolas Cumhann; the channel that connects Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendhu with Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin in Sutherland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kylesku and Kylestrome.
Kylesku
Hamlet
Photo: Reboelje, Public domain.
Kylesku is a fishing hamlet in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. Until 1984, it was the site of a free ferry. It takes its name from Caolas Cumhann, Gaelic for "narrow strait", which is the channel just to the west of the village that connects Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendubh to Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin.
Kylestrome
Hamlet
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kylestrome is a village on the north shore of Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin, 2 miles northwest of Unapool, in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Achfary
Village
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achfary is a hamlet in the Scottish council area of Highland. To the east of the village lies Loch nan Ealachan. It is owned by the Grosvenor Estate and is renowned for its unusual black and white telephone box, erected in the 1960s.
Loch Glendhu
- Categories: inlet and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.25591° or 58° 15′ 21″ northLongitude
-4.95686° or 4° 57′ 25″ westElevation
623 feet (190 metres)Open location code
9CCQ724V+97OpenStreetMap ID
way 671144013OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
Discover Loch Glendhu from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Loch Glendhu” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Loch a‘ Ghlinne Dhuibh”
- Cebuano: “Loch Glendhu”
- Cornish: “Loch a‘ Ghlinne Dhuibh”
- Dutch: “Loch Glendhu”
- Irish: “Loch a‘ Ghlinne Dhuibh”
- Manx: “Loch a‘ Ghlinne Dhuibh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch a‘ Ghlinne Dhuibh”
- Swedish: “Loch Glendhu”
- Welsh: “Loch a‘ Ghlinne Dhuibh”
- “Loch a‘ Ghlinne Dhuibh”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Unapool and Galascaig.
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