Erraid
Erraid is a tidal island approximately one mile square located in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It lies west of Mull and southeast of Iona. The island receives about 1,000 millimetres of rain and 1,350 hours of sunshine annually, making it one of the driest and sunniest places on the western seaboard of Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: tidal island in the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Isle of Erraid”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Erraid Shore Station.
Erraid Shore Station
Lighthouse
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Erraid Shore Station is a lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fionnphort and Knocknafenaig.
Fionnphort
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Fionnphort is a small fishing port at the far west of the Ross of Mull, where the ferry crosses to Iona. The population is about 80 and the village has limited accommodation or other amenities.
Knocknafenaig
Locality
Knocknafenaig is a ruined township on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. Located in the south-western portion of the island known as the Ross of Mull, Knocknafenaig is an extremely well preserved township that shows many characteristics of the 19th-century and early 20th-century living conditions. Knocknafenaig is situated 4 miles east of Erraid.
Kintra
Hamlet
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Kintra, meaning "head of the beach" in Scottish Gaelic, is a settlement on the North-Western coast of the Ross of Mull, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon. Kintra is situated 4 miles north of Erraid.
Erraid
- Categories: tidal island, intentional community, and landform
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Erraid” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Earraid”
- Breton: “Eilean Earraid”
- Bulgarian: “Ераид”
- Catalan: “Erraid”
- Cebuano: “Erraid”
- Chinese: “埃賴德島”
- Chinese: “埃赖德岛”
- Dutch: “Erraid”
- French: “Earraid”
- French: “Erraid”
- Irish: “Eilean Earraid”
- Irish: “Eileán Earraid”
- Italian: “Erraid”
- Japanese: “エレイド島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eilean Earraid”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Erraid”
- Russian: “Эррейд”
- Swedish: “Erraid”
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