Eigg
Eigg is one of the Small Isles, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include An Sgùrr and Laig Beach.
An Sgùrr
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
An Sgùrr is the highest point on the island of Eigg in Scotland's Small Isles. It was formed 59 million years ago; the result of one of the last eruptions of a volcano, the core of which now forms the Isle of Rùm.
Eilean Chathastail
Islet
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eilean Chathastail is one of the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Eilean Chathastail is situated 2½ miles southeast of Eigg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cleadale and Galmisdale.
Cleadale
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cleadale is a settlement on the north west side of the island of Eigg, in the Small Isles of Scotland and is in the council area of Highland. The setting is visually dramatic. Cleadale is situated 1½ miles northeast of Eigg.
Galmisdale
Village
Photo: L J Cunningham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Galmisdale is the main port of the island of Eigg, one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Galmisdale is situated 2 miles southeast of Eigg.
Eigg
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “埃格岛”
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.9° or 56° 54′ northLongitude
-6.16667° or 6° 10′ westPopulation
105Elevation
561 feet (171 metres)Open location code
9C8MWR2M+28GeoNames 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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