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Ceann Iar

Ceann Iar is one of the Monach Isles/Heisgeir, to the west of in the . It is a slender island, approximately a mile, or two kilometres long.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: tidal island in the Monach Isles, to the west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides
  • Also known as: “Ceaniar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sibhinis and Shillay.

Islet
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, Siobhanais or Shivinish. is one of the , lying between Ceann Iar and . It is tidal, and connected at low tide to Ceann Iar by Fadhail Shibhinis, and to Ceann Ear by Faodhail Chinn Ear.

Islet
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is the westernmost of the , off in the .

Island
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is the largest island in the or Heisgeir group off in north west Scotland. It is 203 hectares in size. It is the most easterly of the three main , and connected by sandbanks to Ceann Iar via at low tide.

Ceann Iar

Latitude
57.52708° or 57° 31′ 38″ north
Longitude
-7.6601° or 7° 39′ 36″ west
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
9C9JG8GQ+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4011010
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
12189215
Wiki­data ID
Q2943651
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Ceann Iar” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Ceann Iar”
  • Chinese: “小塞恩島”
  • Dutch: “Ceann Iar”
  • French: “Ceann Iar”
  • Irish: “Ceann Iar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ceann Iar”
  • Spanish: “Ceann Iar”

Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Cnoc Bharr and Cnoc Mòr.

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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 “Ceann Iar”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.