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Back

Back is a district and a village in the parish of on the east coast of the in the , Scotland, situated on a coastal area known as Loch a'Tuath, or Broad Bay.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: district and a village on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Bac” and “Back, Lewis”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coll and Tong.

Village
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is a farming settlement near , on the in the , Scotland. is situated on the B895, between Stornoway and , and is also within the parish of Stornoway.

Village
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is a village on the , Scotland, 4 miles northeast of the main town of on the B895 road to Back and Tolsta. The population of the village is 527. is situated 3 miles southwest of Back.

Back

Latitude
58.27728° or 58° 16′ 38″ north
Longitude
-6.297° or 6° 17′ 49″ west
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ACB
Open location code
9CCM7PG3+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 497143416
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2656680
Wiki­data ID
Q3777232
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Back” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Back (Lewis)”
  • Basque: “Back”
  • Dutch: “Back”
  • French: “Back”
  • Irish: “Am Bac”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Am Bac”
  • Spanish: “Back, Lewis”

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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 “Back”. Photo: peter knudssen, CC BY-SA 2.0.