Gair Loch
The Gair Loch is a sea loch on the North West coast of Highland, Scotland. In Scottish Gaelic it is an Geàrr Loch meaning 'the short loch'. Around 6 miles long by 1.5 miles wide, it leads west to the Little Minch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: sea loch in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Loch Gairloch”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gairloch Museum and Eilean Horrisdale.
Gairloch Museum
Museum
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Gairloch Museum is an independent museum in the Wester Ross region of Scotland. The museum is located in the Highland village of Gairloch, in Achtercairn. Gairloch Museum is situated 1½ miles east of Gair Loch.
Eilean Horrisdale
Island
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Eilean Horrisdale is an uninhabited island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland. Eilean Horrisdale is situated 2 miles south of Gair Loch.
Dry Island
Islet
Dry Island is an inhabited island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland, and part of the Inner Hebrides. Dry Island is translated from the Gaelic name for the Island "Eilean Tioram". Dry Island is situated 2½ miles south of Gair Loch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gairloch and Badachro.
Gairloch
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Gairloch is a straggling community along the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 620 in 2020. The land is hilly and farming isn't very productive, but shellfishing remains a traditional occupation.
Badachro
Village
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Badachro is a former fishing village, in the northwest Highlands of Scotland. Badachro is situated 2½ miles south of Gair Loch.
Port Henderson
Village
Port Henderson is a fishing village on the south west shore of the Gair Loch near the village of Gairloch, Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Port Henderson is situated 3 miles southwest of Gair Loch.
Gair Loch
- Categories: inlet and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Gair Loch” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Loch Gairloch”
- Catalan: “Gair Loch”
- Cebuano: “Loch Gairloch”
- Dutch: “Loch Gairloch”
- French: “Gair Loch”
- German: “Loch Gairloch”
- Irish: “An Geàrr Loch”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gair Loch”
- Swedish: “Loch Gairloch”
- Welsh: “Loch Gairloch”
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