Bernera Island
Bernera Island or simply Bernera is a tidal island off Lismore, in Argyll, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ken Craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: tidal island off Lismore, in Argyll, Scotland
- Also known as: “Bernera”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isle of Lismore and Achanduin Castle.
Isle of Lismore
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lismore is an island ten miles north of Oban in the sea inlet of Loch Linnhe. It's one of the Inner Hebrides islands, but little developed for tourism, and overlooked by visitors who sail by on the ferries.
Achanduin Castle
Castle
Photo: Paul Biggin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achanduin Castle, is a castle, now in ruins, located about 5.0 kilometres west of Achnacroish on the north-western coastline of the island of Lismore, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Achnacroish and Craignure.
Achnacroish
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achnacroish is a hamlet on the Scottish island of Lismore. The harbour serves the ferry between Lismore and Oban. The hamlet has the island's primary school.
Craignure
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Craignure is a village on the island of Mull, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It's a tiny place with a population of perhaps 200, but it's the main point of arrival on Mull, by ferry from Oban.
Lochdon
Village
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochdon or Lochdonhead is a small village on the Isle of Mull, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, off the west coast of Scotland. The village is within the parish of Torosay, just south of Craignure on the A849 at the head of Loch Don. Lochdon is situated 5 miles southwest of Bernera Island.
Bernera Island
- Categories: tidal island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.49417° or 56° 29′ 39″ northLongitude
-5.58478° or 5° 35′ 5″ westElevation
144 feet (44 metres)Open location code
9C8PFCV8+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 205084046OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2655850Wikidata ID
Q4894114
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bernera Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bernera Island (pulo sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
- Cebuano: “Bernera Island”
- Dutch: “Bernera Island”
- Japanese: “バーネラ島”
- Japanese: “ブロフ・オブ・ビルセー島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bernera i Lismore”
- Swedish: “Bernera Island”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Bernera Island”. Photo: Ken Craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.