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Barra Head Island

Barra Head, also known as Berneray, is the southernmost island of the in . Within the Outer Hebrides, it forms part of the Barra Isles archipelago.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: southernmost island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Ard Cholla”, “Barra Head”, “Barra Head Ceann Bharraigh”, “Bearnaraigh”, “Beàrnaraigh”, “Bernera”, “Berneray”, “Berneray of Barra Head”, and “Eilean Bernera”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barra Head Lighthouse and Mingulay.

Lighthouse
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
on Barra Head identifies the southern entrance to , roughly halfway between the Eilean Glas and lighthouses.

Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the second largest of the Barra Isles in the of . Located 12 nautical miles south of , it is known for an extensive Gaelic oral tradition incorporating folklore, song and stories and its important seabird populations, including puffins, black-legged kittiwakes, and razorbills, which nest in the sea-cliffs, amongst the highest in the .

Islet
Photo: Ian Watson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an islet.

Barra Head Island

Latitude
56.78404° or 56° 47′ 3″ north
Longitude
-7.63637° or 7° 38′ 11″ west
Elevation
295 feet (90 metres)
Open location code
9C8JQ9M7+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 201303279
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2655849
Wiki­data ID
Q1732919
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Satellite Map

Discover Barra Head Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Swedish—“Barra Head Island” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Beàrnaraigh Cheann Bharraigh”
  • Breton: “Beàrnaraigh”
  • Catalan: “Barra Head”
  • Cebuano: “Barra Head Island”
  • Cebuano: “Cheann Berneray”
  • Chinese: “巴拉海島”
  • Czech: “Barra Head”
  • Dutch: “Barra Head”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بارا هياد”
  • French: “Barra Head”
  • German: “Barra Head”
  • Irish: “Beárnaraigh”
  • Japanese: “バーナレイ島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Barra Head”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barra Head”
  • Norwegian: “Barra Head”
  • Polish: “Barra Head”
  • Russian: “Бернерай”
  • Russian: “Бернерей”
  • Scots: “Barra Heid”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Beàrnaraigh”
  • Spanish: “Barra Head”
  • Swedish: “Barra Head Island”
  • Swedish: “Cheann Berneray”

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