Garbh Eileach
Garbh Eileach is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland that lies in the Firth of Lorn between Mull and Argyll. With an area of 142 ha it is the largest of the Garvellachs and reaches a maximum elevation of 110 m above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Garvelloch”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dùn Chonnuill and Eilean Dubh Mòr.
Dùn Chonnuill
Islet
Dùn Chonnuill is a small island in the Garvellachs in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland. Dùn Chonnuill lies north east of Garbh Eileach, the largest island of the archipelago to which it gives its anglicised name.
Eilean Dubh Mòr
Island
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilean Dubh Mòr is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It lies at the mouth of the Firth of Lorn, between the islands of Lunga and Garbh Eileach.
Eileach an Naoimh
Island
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Eileach an Naoimh is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It is the second largest and southernmost of the Garvellachs archipelago and lies in the Firth of Lorn between Mull and Argyll.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ellenabeich.
Ellenabeich
Village
Photo: Remi Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ellenabeich is a small village on the isle of Seil – an island on the east side of the Firth of Lorn, 7 miles southwest of Oban, in Scotland. It is a former slate-mining village and is where parts of Ring of Bright Water were filmed. Ellenabeich is situated 6 miles northeast of Garbh Eileach.
Garbh Eileach
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.24308° or 56° 14′ 35″ northLongitude
-5.76401° or 5° 45′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C8P66VP+69OpenStreetMap ID
way 4008637OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Garbh Eileach” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Garbh Eileach”
- Cebuano: “Garbh Eileach”
- Chinese: “加布艾莱西岛”
- Chinese: “加布艾萊西島”
- Dutch: “Garbh Eileach”
- French: “Garbh Eileach”
- Irish: “Garbh Eileach”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Garbh Eileach”
- Spanish: “Garbh Eileach”
- Swedish: “Garbh Eileach”
Localities in the Area
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