Am Buachaille
Am Buachaille is a sea stack, or vertical rock formation composed of Torridonian Sandstone, 1 mile southwest of Sandwood Bay in the Scottish county of Sutherland.Photo: Manico, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “The Shepherd”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sandwood Loch.
Sandwood Loch
Lake
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandwood Loch is a lake, which is situated 2 miles east of Am Buachaille.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheigra and Kinlochbervie.
Sheigra
Hamlet
Sheigra or Shegra is a small holiday settlement on the east coast of the Tongue district of Sutherland in the Highland council area in Scotland. It is located 4 miles from Kinlochbervie and the B801 road and nearly 60 miles from Thurso and the A9 and 40 miles from Ullapool and the A835. Sheigra is situated 2½ miles south of Am Buachaille.
Kinlochbervie
Photo: brian gillman, CC BY 3.0.
Kinlochbervie is a small fishing village in Sutherland in the northwest Scottish Highlands, with a population of 411 in 2011. Few fishing boats are based here, but they come to land their catch to be trucked south.
Am Buachaille
- Categories: stack and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Am Buachaille” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Am Bhuachaille”
- Dutch: “Am Buachaille”
- French: “Am Buachaille”
- German: “Am Buachaille”
- Hausa: “Am Buachaille”
- Irish: “Am Buachaille”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Am Buachaille”
- Polish: “Am Buachaille”
- Swedish: “Am Bhuachaille”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rudh’ a Bhuachaille and Druim na Buainn.
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