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Borve

Borve is a village on the west coast of the island of in the , Scotland. Borve is within the parish of Barra, and is situated on the A888 which is the island's circular main road.
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Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village on Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Barve”, “Borgh”, and “Borve, Barra”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Isle of Barra distillery and Heaval.

Distillery
at Borve, , Scotland is a planned future whisky distillery on Barra. The Barra Distillery company was founded in 2003 but the distillery buildings are still to be constructed.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the highest hill on the Outer Hebridean island of , . The highest point is 383 metres high above sea level and it is located 1.5 km northeast of . is situated 1½ miles southeast of Borve.

Hospital
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Brendan's Hospital is a in on the island of , Eileanan Siar. It is managed by NHS Western Isles. is situated 2 miles south of Borve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allasdale and Barra.

Hamlet
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement on in the , Scotland. The settlement is also within the parish of Barra, and is situated on the A888 which is the island's circular main road.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an island in the or Western Isles of Scotland. The main village is the ferry port, Castlebay. A causeway links to the island of Vatersay, and further south are the uninhabited islands of Pabbay, Sandray, Mingulay and Berneray.

Village
Photo: Paul Store, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the main village and a community council area on the island of in the , Scotland. The village is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean dominated by , as well as nearby islands such as . is situated 2 miles south of Borve.

Borve

Latitude
56.98077° or 56° 58′ 51″ north
Longitude
-7.50411° or 7° 30′ 15″ west
Elevation
226 feet (69 metres)
Open location code
9C8JXFJW+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 421462325
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2655153
Wiki­data ID
Q894291
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Borve” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Borve”
  • Dutch: “Borve, Barra”
  • French: “Borve”
  • German: “Borve (Barra)”
  • German: “Borve”
  • Irish: “Borgh, Barraigh”
  • Italian: “Borve”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Borgh, Barraigh”

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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 “Borve”. Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.