Geary
Geary is a small crofting township, of some 40 houses, located on the remote northeast coast of the Waternish peninsula, overlooking the sea loch Loch Snizort, on the island of Skye, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: settlement on Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “An Geàrraidh” and “Geary, Skye”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dun Borrafiach.
Dun Borrafiach
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dun Borrafiach is an Iron Age broch located on the north coast of the island of Skye, in Scotland. Dun Borrafiach is situated 2 miles northwest of Geary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gillen and Halistra.
Gillen
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gillen is a hamlet on the Waternish peninsula of the island of Skye in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Halistra
Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halistra, is a small crofting township located on the west coast of the Waternish peninsula, overlooking Loch Bay, on the island of Skye, Scotland. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Halistra is situated 2 miles southwest of Geary.
Lower Halistra
Locality
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Halistra is a locality, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Geary.
Geary
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.56187° or 57° 33′ 43″ northLongitude
-6.57441° or 6° 34′ 28″ westElevation
377 feet (115 metres)Open location code
9C9MHC6G+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 3922303739OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Geary” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Geary”
- Irish: “An Geàrraidh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Geàrraidh”
- Swedish: “Geary, Skottland”
- “An Geàrraidh”
- “Geary”
- “Geary - An Geàrraidh”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Geary Common Grazings and Ben Geary.
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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 “Geary”. Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.