Nunton
Benbecula is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of 1300 in 2021. The name is a medieval mispronunciation: "pen" meaning flat land turned into "ben" for mountain, which it doesn't have.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Baile nan Cailleach” and “Nunton, Benbecula”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Chapel and Benbecula Airport.
Benbecula Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Benbecula Airport is located on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, off the West Coast of Scotland. It is a small rural airport owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. Benbecula Airport is situated 2 miles northeast of Nunton.
Uist and Barra Hospital
Hospital
Ospadal Uibhist agus Bharraigh is a community hospital in Benbecula which provides services on the islands of North Uist, South Uist and Benbecula in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Western Isles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balivanich and Benbecula.
Balivanich
Village
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Benbecula is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of 1300 in 2021. The name is a medieval mispronunciation: "pen" meaning flat land turned into "ben" for mountain, which it doesn't have.
Benbecula
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Benbecula is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of 1300 in 2021. The name is a medieval mispronunciation: "pen" meaning flat land turned into "ben" for mountain, which it doesn't have.
Uachdar
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uachdar is a settlement on the Outer Hebridean Island of Benbecula. Uachdar is within the parish of South Uist. The settlement is home to the only bakery on Benbecula, MacLeans Hebridean Bakery, which also has a small shop in the same complex as the bakery itself. Uachdar is situated 2½ miles northeast of Nunton.
Nunton
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.45814° or 57° 27′ 29″ northLongitude
-7.39535° or 7° 23′ 43″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9C9JFJ53+7VOpenStreetMap ID
node 5138664347OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to German—“Nunton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Nunton”
- Dutch: “Baile nan Cailleach”
- French: “Baile nan Cailleach”
- German: “Nunton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nunton New Graveyard and Nunton Steading, Benbecula, South Uist.
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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 Wikivoyage page “Nunton”. Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.