East Loch Tarbert
East Loch Tarbert is a sea loch that lies to the east of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The loch contains several small islands including Sgeotasaigh, Stiughiag, Stiughiag na Leum and Rosaigh and the larger bridged island of Scalpay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: inlet in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “An Loch an Ear”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sgeotasaigh.
Sgeotasaigh
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scotasay is small island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies 1 kilometre off the east coast of Harris and gives some shelter to the ferry port of Tarbert.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarbert and Harris.
Tarbert
Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tarbert is a village on Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. With a population of 550, it's the main town and ferry terminal for Harris. It's the ideal base for touring the whole of Harris: you can also tour Lewis but that's quite a drive from here.
Harris
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lewis and Harris are a single large island in the Outer Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland. It's the third largest island in the British Archipelago, only Great Britain and Ireland being larger.
East Loch Tarbert
- Categories: inlet and body of water
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.89593° or 57° 53′ 45″ northLongitude
-6.79734° or 6° 47′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C9MV6W3+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 1156319781OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2650389Wikidata ID
Q3777213
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“East Loch Tarbert” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “East Loch Tarbert”
- German: “East Loch Tarbert”
- Irish: “Loch an Tairbeairt”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “East Loch Tarbert”
- Swedish: “East Loch Tarbert, Eilean Siar”
- Swedish: “East Loch Tarbert”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tarbert Church of Scotland and Tourist Information.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “East Loch Tarbert”. Photo: Peter Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.