Morar
Morar is a small village on the west coast of The Rough Bounds of Scotland, three miles south of Mallaig. The name Morar is also applied to the northern part of the peninsula containing the village, though North Morar is more usual.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David A Philp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 257 residents
- Description: village in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Mòrar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Morar railway station and Mallaig railway station.
Morar railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morar railway station is a railway station serving the village of Morar in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, between Arisaig and Mallaig, 36 miles 59 chains from the former Banavie Junction, near Fort William.
Mallaig railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mallaig railway station is a railway station serving the ferry port of Mallaig, Lochaber, in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is a terminus on the West Highland Line, 41 miles by rail from Fort William and 164 miles from Glasgow Queen Street. Mallaig railway station is situated 2½ miles north of Morar.
Roman Catholic Church Of St Patrick, Mallaig
Church
Photo: Andrew Gray, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roman Catholic Church Of St Patrick, Mallaig is situated 2½ miles north of Morar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenancross and Mallaig.
Glenancross
Hamlet
Photo: Lynn M Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenancross is a settlement on the west coast of Scotland, overlooking the Sound of Sleat south of Mallaig, Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands and is in the council area of Highland.
Mallaig
Photo: Dbx54, Public domain.
Mallaig is a ferry port and fishing village on the west coast of The Great Glen and Strathspey region of the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 660 in 2020. The name is Norse, Mel vik, sand-dune bay.
Bracorina
Hamlet
Bracorina is a settlement in Lochaber, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the northern side of Loch Morar, 5 kilometres east of the village of Morar, at the end of a minor road. Bracorina is situated 3 miles east of Morar.
Morar
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.97062° or 56° 58′ 14″ northLongitude
-5.8235° or 5° 49′ 25″ westPopulation
257Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
9C8PX5CG+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1109160835OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6692509Wikidata ID
Q1947185
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Morar” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Morar”
- Catalan: “Morar”
- Cebuano: “Morar”
- Dutch: “Morar”
- German: “Morar (Schottland)”
- German: “Morar”
- Irish: “Mórar”
- Irish: “Mòrar”
- Japanese: “モラー”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Mòrar”
- Swedish: “Morar, Skottland”
- Swedish: “Morar”
- Ukrainian: “Морар”
- Western Panjabi: “مارر”
- “Mòrar”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Morar Railway Station and Morar Cemetery.
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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 “Morar”. Photo: David A Philp, CC BY-SA 2.0.