Loch Eriboll
Loch Eriboll is a 16 km long sea loch on the north coast of Scotland, which has been used for centuries as a deep water anchorage as it is safe from the often stormy seas of Cape Wrath and the Pentland Firth.
- Type: Bay
- Description: sea loch in Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Loch ‘Orrible”, “Loch Eireboll”, and “Loch Horrible”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Eilean Choraidh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ceannabeinne and Durness.
Ceannabeinne
Locality
Loch Eriboll
- Categories: inlet and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.49369° or 58° 29′ 37″ north
Longitude
-4.68636° or 4° 41′ 11″ west
Open location code
9CCQF8V7+FF
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Loch Eriboll” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Eriboll aintzira”
- Breton: “Loch Euraboil”
- Cebuano: “Loch Eriboll”
- Chinese: “埃里博尔湖”
- Cornish: “Loch Euraboil”
- Dutch: “Loch Eriboll”
- French: “Loch Eriboll”
- Galician: “Ría de Euraboil”
- German: “Loch Eriboll”
- Hausa: “Loch Eriboll”
- Irish: “Loch Euraboil”
- Japanese: “エリボール入江”
- Manx: “Loch Euraboil”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Eriboll”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Euraboil”
- Spanish: “Fiordo de Eriboll”
- Swedish: “Loch Eriboll”
- Ukrainian: “Лох-Еріболл”
- Welsh: “Loch Euraboil”
- “Loch Euraboil”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Portnancon and Heilam.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Àrd Neackie and Druim na Teanga.
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Worth a closer look: Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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