Appin
Appin is a coastal district of the Scottish West Highlands bounded to the west by Loch Linnhe, to the south by Loch Creran, to the east by the districts of Benderloch and Lorne, and to the north by Loch Leven.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Stalker and Kinlochlaich House.
Castle Stalker
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Castle Stalker is a four-storey tower house or keep in the Scottish county of Argyll. It is set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe.
Shuna Island
Island
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Shuna Island or simply Shuna is an island in Loch Linnhe, offshore from Appin, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The island is approximately two kilometres long and one kilometre wide, and extends to some 155 ha in total. Shuna Island is situated 2 miles northwest of Appin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Appin and Barcaldine.
Port Appin
Village
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Port Appin is a village, which is situated 1½ miles west of Appin.
Barcaldine
Village
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Barcaldine is a small settlement in Scotland centred on the historic Barcaldine House and located on the banks of Loch Creran between Oban and Ballachulish. Barcaldine is situated 3 miles southeast of Appin.
Invercreran
Village
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Invercreran is a village, which is situated 5 miles east of Appin.
Appin
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Categories: post town and locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.56179° or 56° 33′ 42″ northLongitude
-5.35849° or 5° 21′ 31″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB APIOpen location code
9C8PHJ6R+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 275682350OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6619484Wikidata ID
Q1404409
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Appin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Appin”
- Breton: “An Apainn”
- Breton: “Appin”
- Dutch: “Appin”
- French: “Appin”
- Irish: “An Apainn”
- Italian: “Appin”
- Japanese: “アピン”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Apainn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Appin”
- “Appin”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Appin Community Fire Station and Appin Parish Church.
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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 “Appin”. Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.