Isle of Ewe
The Isle of Ewe is a small Scottish island on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty. The island is inhabited by a single extended family, the Grants, who have lived at the current settlement on the leeward NE side of the island since the 19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: small Scottish island on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty
- Also known as: “Ewe” and “Ewe Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ormiscaig and Aultbea.
Ormiscaig
Hamlet
Ormiscaig is a remote crofting village on the north east shore of Loch Ewe in Achnasheen, Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Mellon Charles is less than one mile west along the coast road.
Aultbea
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aultbea is a small coastal fishing village in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the southeast shore of Loch Ewe, about 30 kilometres west of Ullapool.
Mellon Charles
Village
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mellon Charles is a remote crofting village on Rubha Mòr on the north east shore of Loch Ewe near Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland.
Isle of Ewe
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.83461° or 57° 50′ 5″ northLongitude
-5.62188° or 5° 37′ 19″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9C9PR9MH+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 3494385OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2649827Wikidata ID
Q1674258
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Isle of Ewe” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Isle of Ewe”
- Chinese: “尤島”
- Dutch: “Isle of Ewe”
- French: “Eilean Iùbh”
- French: “île d’Ewe”
- French: “Île d’Ewe”
- French: “Isle of Ewe”
- French: “Loch Ewe”
- German: “Isle of Ewe”
- Irish: “Eilean Iùbh”
- Italian: “Isle of Ewe”
- Italian: “Isola di Ewe”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isle of Ewe”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Ewe”
- Swedish: “Isle of Ewe”
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Notable Places Nearby
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