Big Sand
Big Sand is a small remote crofting village in Highland, Scotland. It is situated on the shores of the Gair Loch and is 3+1⁄2 miles from Gairloch village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Sand” and “Sands”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Longa Island.
Longa Island
Island
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Longa Island is a small uninhabited island at the mouth of Loch Gairloch, on the west coast of Scotland. Longa is nearly one mile in length with an area of 126 hectares and a maximum elevation of 70 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Henderson and Gairloch.
Port Henderson
Village
Port Henderson is a fishing village on the south west shore of the Gair Loch near the village of Gairloch, Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Port Henderson is situated 3½ miles south of Big Sand.
Gairloch
Photo: Dmacle2179, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gairloch is a straggling community along the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 620 in 2020. The land is hilly and farming isn't very productive, but shellfishing remains a traditional occupation.
Badachro
Village
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Badachro is a former fishing village, in the northwest Highlands of Scotland. Badachro is situated 4 miles southeast of Big Sand.
Big Sand
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.74361° or 57° 44′ 37″ northLongitude
-5.77808° or 5° 46′ 41″ westElevation
102 feet (31 metres)Open location code
9C9PP6VC+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 25300905OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Big Sand” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Big Sand”
- Dutch: “Big Sand”
- Irish: “Sannda Mhòr”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sannda Mhòr”
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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 “Big Sand”. Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.