Tarbet
Tarbet is a hamlet in Sutherland, on the west coast of Scotland. It is the nearest port of contact to the Scottish Wildlife Trust's national nature reserve of Handa Island, and a small ferry operates between the two.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: settlement in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Tarbet, Sutherland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Handa Island.
Handa Island
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Handa Island or usually Handa, is an island in Eddrachillis Bay off the west coast of Sutherland, Scotland. It is 309 hectares and 123 metres at its highest point. Handa Island is situated 1½ miles west of Tarbet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fanagmore and Foindle.
Fanagmore
Hamlet
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fanagmore is a hamlet in Sutherland, Highland, in far northwestern Scotland. It lies on the south shore of Loch Laxford, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean.
Foindle
Hamlet
Foindle is a village on the south shore of Loch Laxford in Lairg, Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Fanagmore is located 0.5 miles to the west, and sit in the same cove. Foindle is situated 2 miles east of Tarbet.
Scourie
Village
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Scourie, historically spelled "Scoury", is a village on the north west coast of Scotland, about halfway between Ullapool and Durness. The name comes from the Gaelic word Sheiling or shed, a stone-built place of shelter used during the summer months. Scourie is situated 2½ miles south of Tarbet.
Tarbet
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.38965° or 58° 23′ 23″ northLongitude
-5.14246° or 5° 8′ 33″ westElevation
105 feet (32 metres)Open location code
9CCP9VQ5+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 458418245OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Tarbet” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Tarbet (Sutherland)”
- Basque: “Tarbet”
- Dutch: “Tarbet”
- Irish: “An Tairbeart, Cataibh”
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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 “Tarbet”. Photo: AlastairG, CC BY-SA 2.0.