Iona Abbey

Iona Abbey is an abbey located on the island of , off the larger on the west coast of Scotland. It is one of the oldest Christian religious centres in Western Europe, and was a focal point for the spread of Christianity throughout Scotland.
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  • Monastery
  • …lies at an elevation of 66 feet (20 metres)
  • …is also known as “Iona Abbey, Iona”
  • Description: abbey in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Iona and St Oran’s Chapel.
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is an island one mile west of in the Scottish .
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St Oran's Chapel is a medieval chapel located on the… is situated 410 feet southwest of Iona Abbey.
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is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Iona Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fionnphort and Kintra.
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is a small fishing port at the far west…
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, meaning "head of the beach" in Scottish… is situated 2 miles east of Iona Abbey.
is a ruined township on the , . is situated 6 miles southeast of Iona Abbey.

Iona Abbey

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Latitude
56.33529° or 56° 20′ 7″ north
Longitude
-6.3916° or 6° 23′ 30″ west
Open location code
9C8M8JP5+49
Geo­Names ID
9884545
Wiki­data ID
Q198409

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Iona Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير إيونا”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ayona abbatlığı”
  • Basque: “Ionako abade-etxea”
  • Basque: “Ionako abadetxea”
  • Basque: “Ionako abadia”
  • Belarusian: “Абацтва на востраве Аёна”
  • Breton: “abati Iona”
  • Breton: “Abati Iona”
  • Catalan: “abadia d’Iona”
  • Catalan: “Abadia d’Iona”
  • Chinese: “艾奧納修道院”
  • Danish: “Iona Abbey”
  • Dutch: “Iona Abbey”
  • French: “abbaye d’Iona”
  • French: “Abbaye d’Iona”
  • French: “Abbaye dIona”
  • Galician: “abadía de Iona”
  • Galician: “Abadía de Iona”
  • Galician: “mosteiro de Iona”
  • German: “Iona Abbey”
  • German: “Kloster Iona”
  • Hebrew: “אחוזת איונה”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Iona”
  • Irish: “Mainistir Oileán Í”
  • Italian: “abbazia di Iona”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Iona”
  • Japanese: “アイオナ修道院”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Iona-klosteret”
  • Norwegian: “Iona-klosteret”
  • Polish: “Opactwo Iona”
  • Portuguese: “Abadia de Iona”
  • Portuguese: “Monastério de Iona”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Iona”
  • Russian: “Аббатство Айона”
  • Russian: “Аббатство на острове Иона”
  • Russian: “Иона”
  • Scots: “Iona Abbey”
  • Slovenian: “opatija Iona”
  • Spanish: “Abadia de Iona”
  • Spanish: “abadía de Iona”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de Iona”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Iona”
  • Swedish: “Iona Abbey”
  • Swedish: “klostret på Iona”
  • Ukrainian: “Айонське абатство”

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