Eilean Mòr
Eilean Mòr is an uninhabited, tidal island opposite Oronsay at the entrance to Loch Sunart, an arm of the sea on the west coast of Scotland. At low tide it is attached to Glenmore on the Ardnamurchan peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: tidal island in Loch Sunart, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Eilean Mor” and “Eilean Mòr, Loch Sunart”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Glenborrodale Castle and Ardnamurchan distillery.
Ardnamurchan distillery
Distillery
Photo: Peter Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardnamurchan distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on the Ardnamurchan peninsula of Lochaber in the Highlands, Scotland. The distillery is considered one of the remotest distilleries in Scotland and takes its name from the peninsula.
Risga
Island
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Risga is an uninhabited island in between Càrna and Oronsay, in the centre of Loch Sunart, about 800 yards from the north shore, in the council area of Highland, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenborrodale and Laga.
Glenborrodale
Village
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenborrodale is a coastal community on Loch Sunart in the south of the Ardnamurchan peninsula in the Highland area of Scotland. It gives its name to a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds' reserve in the nearby oakwoods.
Laga
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Laga is a hamlet on the north shore of Loch Sunart near Acharacle, in Lochaber, in the Highlands of Scotland and is in the council area of Highland.
Bonnavoulin
Village
Bonnavoulin or Bunavullin is a village on the Morvern peninsula in the Highlands of Scotland. Situated at the northern terminus of the B849, it is about 10 miles from Lochaline and on the eastern shore of the Sound of Mull opposite the isle of Mull and is in the Highland Council area. Bonnavoulin is situated 5 miles south of Eilean Mòr.
Eilean Mòr
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.68259° or 56° 40′ 57″ northLongitude
-5.94228° or 5° 56′ 32″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C8PM3M5+23OpenStreetMap ID
way 932869382OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
12540940Wikidata ID
Q15216220
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In Other Languages
“Eilean Mòr” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Eilean Mòr, Loch Sunart”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Eilean Mòr”. Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.