Mingay
Mingay is an islet in the Inner Hebrides off Skye and Isay. Together with Isay and Loch Dunvegan, it is designated as a Special Area of Conservation owing to the breeding colonies of the common seal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Mingay Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isay and Clett.
Isay
Island
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Isay is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It lies in Loch Dunvegan, 1 kilometre off the northwest coast of the Isle of Skye.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower Halistra and Halistra.
Lower Halistra
Locality
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Halistra is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles northeast of Mingay.
Halistra
Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halistra, is a small crofting township located on the west coast of the Waternish peninsula, overlooking Loch Bay, on the island of Skye, Scotland. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Halistra is situated 2 miles northeast of Mingay.
Trumpan
Village
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trumpan is a hamlet located on the Vaternish peninsula in the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish council area of the Highland. Trumpan Church, which is now a ruin, was the focus of a particularly brutal incident in 1578, when the Clan MacDonald of Uist travelled… Trumpan is situated 2 miles north of Mingay.
Mingay
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.52358° or 57° 31′ 25″ northLongitude
-6.64054° or 6° 38′ 26″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9C9MG9F5+CQOpenStreetMap ID
way 157534025OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
11996531Wikidata ID
Q3314960
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Mingay” goes by many names.
- French: “Mingay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mingay”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Mingay”. Photo: John Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.