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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: sea loch in Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Loch ‘Orrible”, “Loch Eireboll”, and “Loch Horrible”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eilean Choraidh.
Eilean Choraidh
Islet
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Eilean Choraidh, also known as Horse Island is an island in Loch Eriboll in Sutherland on the north coast of Scotland. It is about 26 hectares in extent and the highest point is 26 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ceannabeinne and Durness.
Ceannabeinne
Locality
Photo: RH Dengate, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ceannabeinne is a ruined village within the parish of Durness, in the county of Sutherland, in the far north of the Highlands of Scotland. Ceannabeinne is situated 4 miles north of Loch Eriboll.
Durness
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Durness is a village in Sutherland on the far north coast of Scotland, with a population of 347 in 2011. Most of the terrain of this region is impermeable gneiss, carpeted by boggy heathland.
Loch Eriboll
- Categories: inlet and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Loch Eriboll” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Eriboll aintzira”
- Catalan: “Loch Eriboll”
- Cebuano: “Loch Eriboll”
- Chinese: “埃里博尔湖”
- Dutch: “Loch Eriboll”
- French: “Loch Eriboll”
- Galician: “Ría de Euraboil”
- German: “Loch Eriboll”
- Irish: “Loch Euraboil”
- Japanese: “エリボール入江”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Eriboll”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Euraboil”
- Spanish: “Fiordo de Eriboll”
- Swedish: “Loch Eriboll”
- Ukrainian: “Лох-Еріболл”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Portnancon and Heilam.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Àrd Neackie and Druim na Teanga.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Loch Eriboll”. Photo: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.