Eilean nan Gamhna

Eilean nan Gamhna is an island in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Eilean nan Gamhna is situated nearby to the hamlet Kilcheran, as well as near the locality Cloichlea.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Isle of Lismore and Achanduin Castle.

Isle of Lismore

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lismore is an island ten miles north of Oban in the sea inlet of Loch Linnhe. It's one of the Inner Hebrides islands, but little developed for tourism, and overlooked by visitors who sail by on the ferries.

Achanduin Castle

Castle

Photo: Paul Biggin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Achanduin Castle, is a castle, now in ruins, located about 5.0 kilometres west of Achnacroish on the north-western coastline of the island of Lismore, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Bernera Island

Island

Photo: Ken Craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bernera Island or simply Bernera is a tidal island off Lismore, in Argyll, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Achnacroish and Ganavan.

Achnacroish

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Achnacroish is a hamlet on the Scottish island of Lismore. The harbour serves the ferry between Lismore and Oban. The hamlet has the island's primary school.

Ganavan

Suburb

Ganavan is a small settlement on Ganavan Bay on the west coast of Scotland, around 1.5 miles north of the town of Oban.

Dunbeg

Village

Photo: IJA, CC0.

Dunbeg, formerly known as Dunstaffnage, is a village about 2+1⁄2 miles outside of Oban, Scotland. It has a population of just under 1,000. It is home to the Scottish Association for Marine Science, one of the primary marine science centres in the UK.

Eilean nan Gamhna

Type: Island
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.4863° or 56° 29′ 11″ north

Longitude

-5.52292° or 5° 31′ 23″ west

Open location code

9C8PFFPG+GR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 403957527

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

12547576

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