Waternish
Waternish or Vaternish is a peninsula approximately 12 kilometres long on the island of Skye, Scotland, situated between Loch Dunvegan and Loch Snizort in the northwest of the island, originally inhabited and owned by Clan MacNeacail/MacNicol/Nicolsons and originally consisting of small crofting communities.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: peninsula on the Isle of Skye, in Highland, Scotland, UK, extending into The Minch
- Also known as: “Vaternish”, “Vaternish Peninsula”, and “Waternish Peninsula”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sgeir nam Biast and Claigan souterrain.
Sgeir nam Biast
Islet
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sgeir nam Biast is an islet, which is situated 2 miles west of Waternish.
Claigan souterrain
Ruins
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Claigan souterrain is a ruins, which is situated 2½ miles southwest of Waternish.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stein and Gillen.
Stein
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stein is a small settlement on Waternish, the middle peninsula of the north coast of Skye, in the Scottish Hebrides. It's scenic but tiny. More visitor facilities can be found a few miles east at Edinbane, which lies along the main road between Portree and Dunvegan.
Gillen
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gillen is a hamlet on the Waternish peninsula of the island of Skye in the Scottish council area of Highland. Gillen is situated 2½ miles north of Waternish.
Claigan
Hamlet
Claigan is a small coastal settlement on the north east shore of the sea loch, Loch Dunvegan, on the Waternish peninsula, in north western Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Claigan is situated 3 miles southwest of Waternish.
Waternish
- Category: peninsula
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Waternish” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Waternish”
- Irish: “Bhatairnis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waternish”
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