Sound of Canna
Sound of Canna is a strait in Highland Council, Scotland. Sound of Canna is situated nearby to the locality Guirdil, as well as near Geodh Sgeir nan Crubag.- Type: Strait
- Description: sound in the Inner Hebrides, Highland, Scotland
- Also known as: “An Caolas Canach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sanday.
Sanday
Island
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sanday is one of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is a tidal island linked to its larger neighbour, Canna, via sandbanks at low tide, and also connected to the larger island by a bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include A’ Chill and Rùm.
A’ Chill
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
A' Chill was a village on Canna, in the Scottish Small Isles. The name means "the cell", referring to a Culdee church, and is often anglicised as "Kil-" in many other Scottish names.
Rùm
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rùm is the largest of the four Small Isles off the west coast of Scotland. It has a permanent population of about thirty, centred around the harbour at Kinloch on the east coast.
Sound of Canna
- Categories: sound and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.03802° or 57° 2′ 17″ northLongitude
-6.43684° or 6° 26′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C9M2HQ7+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 931483636OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
2653889Wikidata ID
Q24653131
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Sound of Canna” goes by many names.
- Breton: “An Caolas Canach”
- Cebuano: “Sound of Canna”
- Cornish: “An Caolas Canach”
- Irish: “An Caolas Canach”
- Manx: “An Caolas Canach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Caolas Canach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sound of Canna”
- Swedish: “Sound of Canna”
- Welsh: “An Caolas Canach”
- Welsh: “Sound of Canna”
- “An Caolas Canach”
- “Sound of Canna”
- “Sound of Canna - An Caolas Canach”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Guirdil and Geodh Sgeir nan Crubag.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dùn Beag and Bloodstone Hill.
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