Bealach na Bà
Bealach na Bà is a winding pass through the mountains of the Applecross peninsula, in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands. It is traversed by a single track road, which passes through several corries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ritchyblack, FAL.
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,867 feet
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Bealach na Ba”, “Bealach nam Bo”, and “Bealloch-nam-Bo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Meall Gorm and Eas Bàn.
Eas Bàn
Waterfall
Photo: sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Much of Scotland is mountainous; western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular are home to countless waterfalls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plockton and Barleyport.
Plockton
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plockton is a village on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 468 in 2020. In Scots slang a "plook" is a pimple, and The Plock is a small headland sheltering the harbour from the westerly weather.
Barleyport
Hamlet
Photo: Chris MacKenzie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port an Eòrna is the Scottish Gaelic name for the small settlement of Barleyport, situated almost midway between Plockton and the Kyle of Lochalsh, in Ross-shire, Scotland, in the Western Highlands. Barleyport is situated 6 miles south of Bealach na Bà.
Bealach na Bà
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.41158° or 57° 24′ 42″ northLongitude
-5.70075° or 5° 42′ 3″ westElevation
1,867 feet (569 metres)Open location code
9C9PC76X+JMOpenStreetMap ID
node 340053321OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bealach na Bà” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bealach na Bà”
- Dutch: “Bealach na Ba”
- French: “Bealach na Ba”
- German: “Bealach na Bà”
- Irish: “Bealach na Bá”
- Swedish: “Bealach na Bà”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coire Beag na Bà and Coire na Bà.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bealach na Bà and Creag Gorm.
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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 “Bealach na Bà”. Photo: Ritchyblack, FAL.