Erraid

Erraid is a tidal island approximately one mile square located in the of . It lies west of and southeast of . 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.
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 7 feet (2 metres)
  • …is also known as “Isle of Erraid”
  • Description: tidal island in the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

Places of Interest

Highlights include Erraid Shore Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fionnphort and Knocknafenaig.
is a small fishing port at the far west…
is a ruined township on the , . is situated 4 miles east of Erraid.
, meaning "head of the beach" in Scottish… is situated 4 miles north of Erraid.

Erraid

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Latitude
56.28333° or 56° 17′ north
Longitude
-6.35° or 6° 21′ west
Open location code
9C8M7MM2+82
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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