Loch Dunvegan
Loch Dunvegan, is a sea loch on the west coast of the island of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Dunvegan, the village it was named after is located by its southern shore.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Skye, Dun Colbost and Dun Fiadhairt.
Skye, Dun Colbost
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skye, Dun Colbost is an archaeological site.
Dun Fiadhairt
Archaeological site
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dun Fiadhairt is an Iron Age broch located on the north coast of the island of Skye, in Scotland. Dun Fiadhairt is situated 2 miles east of Loch Dunvegan.
The Three Chimneys
Restaurant
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The Three Chimneys is a restaurant in Colbost, Isle of Skye, Scotland. While in operation beforehand, the restaurant came to prominence after being taken over around 1985 by Eddie and Shirley Spear. The Three Chimneys is situated 2 miles southeast of Loch Dunvegan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Totaig and Uig.
Totaig
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Totaig is a small crofting settlement on the west coast of Loch Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. The village of Dunvegan is 5 miles southeast.
Uig
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uig is a hamlet 14 miles south west of Uig in Snizort, on the eastern shore of Loch Dunvegan, in the civil parish of Duirinish, on the Isle of Skye, in the council area of Highland, Scotland.
Colbost
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Colbost is the first of a straggle of tiny settlements on the Duirnish Peninsula in the northwest of Skye. The others are Totaig, Glendale, Lephin and Milovaig, then the road dead-ends.
Loch Dunvegan
- Type: Bay
- Description: sea loch on the west of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK
- 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 Catalan to Swedish—“Loch Dunvegan” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Loch Dunvegan”
- Cebuano: “Loch Dunvegan”
- French: “Loch Dunvegan”
- Irish: “Loch Dhùn Bheagain”
- Irish: “Loch Dún Bheagain”
- Swedish: “Loch Dunvegan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Husabost and Glasphein.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Leinish Bay and Uig Bay.
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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 Dunvegan”. Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.