Altandhu
Altandhu is a small hamlet, overlooking the sea loch, Loch an Alltain Duibh to the west, on the western shore of the Rubha Mor Peninsula, in the Achiltibuie area, in Ullapool, Ross-shire, Scotland, within the Scottish council area of Highland.- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Cromartyshire, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Altandon”, “Altandow”, and “An t-Alltan Dubh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isle Ristol and Eilean Mullagrach.
Isle Ristol
Island
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Isle Ristol, the innermost of the Summer Isles in Scotland, is a Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve. Lying roughly 12 miles north of Ullapool in Wester Ross, it is a tidal island, in Loch an Alltain Duibh, that is separated by a narrow channel from Old Dorney Bay.
Eilean Mullagrach
Island
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilean Mullagrach is an island in the Summer Isles of Scotland. It is located in Highland council area, in the northwestern part of the country, 800 km northwest of the United Kingdom capital London. Eilean Mullagrach is situated 2 miles west of Altandhu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Achnahaird and Coigach.
Achnahaird
Hamlet
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achnahaird is a small settlement on Achnahaird Bay in Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish council area of Highland. The beach at Achnahaird Bay was used in the filming of 'The Eagle'.
Coigach
Locality
Photo: paddy heron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coigach is a peninsula north of Ullapool, in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The area consists of a traditional crofting and fishing community of a couple of hundred houses located between mountain and shore on a peninsula looking over the Summer Isles and the sea. Coigach is situated 1½ miles east of Altandhu.
Polbain
Village
Photo: Ann Hodgson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Polbain is a remote crofting township, located on the north Badentarbat Bay on the west coast of Scotland, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Polbain is situated 1½ miles southeast of Altandhu.
Altandhu
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.05609° or 58° 3′ 22″ northLongitude
-5.4151° or 5° 24′ 54″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9CCP3H4M+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1264241964OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Altandhu” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Altandhu”
- Breton: “An t-Alltan Dubh”
- Cornish: “An t-Alltan Dubh”
- Dutch: “Altandhu”
- Irish: “An t-Alltan Dubh”
- Manx: “An t-Alltan Dubh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Altandhu”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An t-Alltan Dubh”
- Welsh: “Altandhu”
- Welsh: “An t-Alltan Dubh”
- “Altandhu”
- “Altandhu - An t-Alltan Dubh”
- “An t-Alltan Dubh”
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