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Eilean Donan

Eilean Donan is a small tidal island situated at the confluence of three sea lochs in the western of , about one kilometre from the village of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Eilean Tioram.

Islet
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is an islet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dornie and Ardelve.

Photo: Ritchyblack, FAL.
is a village in in the . It's on A87 the main road to Skye, and is a compulsory photo stop for Eilean Donan Castle perched on an islet.

Village
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is a village in , Scotland, on Loch Alsh. It overlooks the Eilean Donan Castle, which is in Dornie, also on Loch Alsh, to the east of Skye.

Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet.

Eilean Donan

Latitude
57.2741° or 57° 16′ 27″ north
Longitude
-5.51604° or 5° 30′ 58″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
9C9P7FFM+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 201511514
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2651116
Wiki­data ID
Q79182
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Eilean Donan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة إلين دونن”
  • Armenian: “Էյլեն Դոնան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Eylean-Donan”
  • Basque: “Eilean Donan”
  • Breton: “Eilean Donan”
  • Bulgarian: “Елън Донан”
  • Catalan: “Eilean Donan”
  • Cebuano: “Eilean Donnan”
  • Chinese: “艾琳多南”
  • Czech: “Eilean Donan”
  • Danish: “Eilean Donan Castle”
  • Dutch: “Eilean Donan Castle”
  • Dutch: “Eilean Donan”
  • Finnish: “Eilean Donan”
  • French: “Eilean Dhonnain”
  • French: “Eilean Donan”
  • French: “Eilean Donnáin”
  • French: “Ellandonan”
  • French: “Ellendonan”
  • Galician: “Eilean Donan”
  • German: “Eilean Donan Castle”
  • German: “Eilean Donan”
  • Greek: “Έιλεν Ντόναν”
  • Hebrew: “טירת איילין דונן”
  • Hungarian: “Eilean Donan Castle”
  • Indonesian: “Eilean Donan”
  • Irish: “Eilean Donnain”
  • Italian: “Eilean Donan”
  • Japanese: “アイリーン・ドナン”
  • Japanese: “エレン・ドナン”
  • Low German: “Eilean Donan Castle”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Eilean Donan”
  • Luxembourgish: “Eilean Donan”
  • Macedonian: “Елен Донан”
  • Malay: “Eilean Donan”
  • Nauru: “Eilean Donan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eilean Donan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eilean Donan”
  • Norwegian: “Eilean Donan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Eilean Donan”
  • Persian: “آلین دونن”
  • Persian: “دژ آلین دونن”
  • Polish: “Eilean Donan”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Eilean Donan”
  • Russian: “Замок Эйлен-Донан”
  • Russian: “Эйлен-Донан”
  • Russian: “Эйлин-Донан”
  • Scots: “Eilean Donan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Eilean Donan”
  • Slovak: “Eilean Donan”
  • Slovenian: “Eilean Donan”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Eilean Donan”
  • Spanish: “Eilean Donan”
  • Swedish: “Eilean donan”
  • Swedish: “Eilean Donan”
  • Turkish: “Eilean Donan”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейлін Донан”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Ейлен-Донан”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Eilean Donan”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایلین ڈونان”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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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 “Eilean Donan”. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.