Cuil Bay
Cuil Bay, meaning recess, corner, niche or nook, is a 237° facing, large sand and shingle coastal embayment with a semi-circular outline, on a chord of 2 km, situated on the south‐west part of the Ardsheal peninsula, on the southern coast of the sea loch of Loch Linnhe, in the parish of Lismore and Appin, within the council area of Lochaber in Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duror and Beinn a’ Bheithir.
Duror
Village
Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Duror, occasionally Duror of Appin, is a small, remote coastal village that sits at the base of Glen Duror, in district of Appin, in the Scottish West Highlands, within the council area of Argyll and Bute in Scotland.
Beinn a’ Bheithir
Locality
Photo: Grinner, Public domain.
Beinn a' Bheithir is a mountain south of Ballachulish and Loch Leven in the Scottish Highlands. It has two Munro summits: Sgorr Dhearg at 1,024 m and Sgorr Dhonuill at 1,001 m.
Glenachulish
Village
Glenachulish is a hamlet and glen which lie close to the village of Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands.
Cuil Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.64407° or 56° 38′ 39″ northLongitude
-5.30335° or 5° 18′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C8PJMVW+JMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1096655339OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
11128464Wikidata ID
Q30689079
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In Other Languages
“Cuil Bay” goes by many names.
- Scottish Gaelic: “A‘ Chùil”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include River Duror and Loch Linnhe Viewpoint.
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