Eigg

Eigg is one of the , lying 10 miles off the west coast of Scotland, and with a population of just under 100. The name means "notched" and it's a moorland plateau cleaved by a valley, with the dramatic scarp of An Sgurr looming over it.
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  • Island
  • …has 105 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 561 feet (171 metres)
  • …is also known as “埃格岛”

Places of Interest

Highlights include An Sgùrr and Laig Beach.
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, also known as The Sgùrr of Eigg, is the…
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is one of the in the of . is situated 2½ miles southeast of Eigg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cleadale and Galmisdale.
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is a settlement on the north west side of the… is situated 1½ miles northeast of Eigg.
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is the main port of the island of , one of the of the . is situated 2 miles southeast of Eigg.

Eigg

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Latitude
56.9° or 56° 54′ north
Longitude
-6.16667° or 6° 10′ west
Open location code
9C8MWR2M+28
Geo­Names ID
2650165

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Eigg” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Eigg”
  • Breton: “Eige”
  • Catalan: “Eigg”
  • Cebuano: “Eigg Island”
  • Chinese: “埃格島”
  • Czech: “Eigg”
  • Dutch: “Eigg”
  • Finnish: “Eigg”
  • French: “Eigg”
  • German: “Eigg”
  • Greek: “Εγκ”
  • Hebrew: “אג”
  • Irish: “Eige”
  • Italian: “Eigg”
  • Japanese: “エッグ島”
  • Latin: “Egga”
  • Low German: “Eigg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eigg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eigg”
  • Polish: “Eigg”
  • Russian: “Эгг”
  • Scots: “Eigg”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eige”
  • Spanish: “Eigg”
  • Swedish: “Eigg”
  • Welsh: “Eige”

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