Sound of Eigg
Sound of Eigg is a strait in Highland Council, Scotland. Sound of Eigg is situated nearby to the locality Grulin Uachdrach, as well as near Cnoc an Uileann.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Muck and An Sgùrr.
Muck
Photo: Akela NDE, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
Muck is one of the Small Isles off the west coast of Scotland. It's the smallest of the four inhabited Isles, about 2½ miles east-west by a mile north-south, and has no shop, church or even a letter-box.
An Sgùrr
Peak
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Mòr and Galmisdale.
Port Mòr
Village
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Port Mòr is a harbour and settlement on the island of Muck, in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. It is in the council area of Highland.
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.
Eigg
Photo: Graham Lewis, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Sound of Eigg
- Type: Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.86098° or 56° 51′ 40″ northLongitude
-6.20141° or 6° 12′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C8MVQ6X+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 931477246OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
2650167
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Localities in the Area
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