Bogach
Bogach is a village on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Bogach is also within the parish of Barra, and is situated on a minor road, linked to the A888.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “A‘ Bhogach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barra Airport and Fuiay.
Barra Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barra Airport is a short-runway airport situated in the wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhòr at the northern tip of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Barra Airport is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bogach.
Fuiay
Island
Photo: Nick R, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fuiay is an island in Scotland. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides. Its area is 84 ha and the unnamed highest eminence reaches 107 m. Fuiay is situated 1½ miles east of Bogach.
Orosay
Islet
Photo: Neil King, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orosay is a small uninhabited tidal island in the Sound of Barra lying at the north end of Traigh Mhòr, the "big beach" on the north east coast of Barra. Orosay is situated 2½ miles north of Bogach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bayherivagh and Ardveenish.
Bayherivagh
Village
Photo: David Gruar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Northbay is a township and community in the north of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. Northbay is within the parish of Barra.
Ardveenish
Hamlet
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardveenish is a village on Barra in the Western Isles, Scotland. Ardveenish is also within the parish of Barra.
Ardmore
Village
Photo: Alan Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardmhor is a small village in the north east of the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. In 2002 a small ferry port was built in the village to serve a new ferry link between Barra and Eriskay as part of the Sound of Barra Integrated Transport Project.
Bogach
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.99568° or 56° 59′ 44″ northLongitude
-7.41491° or 7° 24′ 54″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
9C8JXHWP+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 7050037445OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Bogach” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bogach”
- Dutch: “Bogach”
- French: “Bogach”
- Irish: “Bogach”
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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 “Bogach”. Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.