Loch Glendhu

Loch Glendhu is a bay in , . Loch Glendhu is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
Photo: Foxie001, Public domain.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: sea loch in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Loch a‘ Ghlinne Dhuibh” and “Loch Gleann Dubh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kylesku Bridge.

Bridge
Photo: Geoff Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The 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 in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kylesku and Kylestrome.

Hamlet
Photo: Reboelje, Public domain.
is a fishing hamlet in in the . 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.

Hamlet
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the north shore of , 2 miles northwest of Unapool, in , and is in the council area of Highland.

Village
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the 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

Latitude
58.25591° or 58° 15′ 21″ north
Longitude
-4.95686° or 4° 57′ 25″ west
Elevation
623 feet (190 metres)
Open location code
9CCQ724V+97
Open­Street­Map ID
way 671144013
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2648500
Wiki­data ID
Q4909030
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Satellite Map

Discover Loch Glendhu from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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

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