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Aird of Sleat

Aird of Sleat is a village on the Isle of Skye in . It is located at the southern end of the peninsula, 4 miles southeast of and , at the end of a minor road.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Aird” and “Sleat”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Point of Sleat Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a lighthouse on Skye in the , . It was built in 1934 at the Point of Sleat at the southern end of the island. is situated 2 miles southwest of Aird of Sleat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ardvasar and Armadale.

Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village near the southern end of the peninsula, on the in . It is just to the south of the village of , where a ferry crosses to . Nearby attractions include and the Museum of the Isles. is situated 3 miles northeast of Aird of Sleat.

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the ferry port and main village of Sleat peninsula, the gently rolling southern part of the Isle of . To the south it merges with Ardvasar, and a lane continues to dead-end at Aird of Sleat.

Photo: Dbx54, Public domain.
is a ferry port and fishing village on the west coast of region of the , with a population of 660 in 2020. The name is Norse, Mel vik, sand-dune bay.

Aird of Sleat

Latitude
57.03297° or 57° 1′ 59″ north
Longitude
-5.96694° or 5° 58′ 1″ west
Elevation
151 feet (46 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ATS
Open location code
9C9P22MM+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1961302919
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2657614
Wiki­data ID
Q2228036
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Aird of Sleat” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Aird of Sleat”
  • Belarusian: “Эйрд”
  • Dutch: “Aird of Sleat”
  • Irish: “Áird Shléite”
  • Irish: “Àird Shlèite”
  • Russian: “Эйрд”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Àird Shlèite”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейрд”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Aird and An Stac.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Aird Old Church Gallery and Dun Ban, dun site.

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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 “Aird of Sleat”. Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.