Avernish
Avernish is a small rural hamlet located in the Highlands of Scotland, specifically in Ross-shire. Nearby attractions include The Eilean Donan Castle and The Isle of Skye.Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eilean Donan and Eilean Tioram.
Eilean Donan
Islet
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eilean Donan is a small tidal island situated at the confluence of three sea lochs in the western Highlands of Scotland, about one kilometre from the village of Dornie. Eilean Donan is situated 2½ miles east of Avernish.
Eilean Tioram
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilean Tioram is an islet, which is situated 2 miles east of Avernish.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Auchtertyre and Nostie.
Auchtertyre
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchtertyre is a village, lying half a mile from the north shore of Loch Alsh near Kyle of Lochalsh, in the Highlands and in the Scottish council area of the Highland Council.
Nostie
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nostie is a small remote hamlet, lying on Nostie Bay, an inlet at the northeastern end of the sea loch, Loch Alsh in the Scottish Highlands and is in the council area of Highland.
Ardelve
Village
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardelve is a village in Highland, Scotland, on Loch Alsh. It overlooks the Eilean Donan Castle, which is in Dornie, also on Loch Alsh, to the east of Skye. Ardelve is situated 2 miles east of Avernish.
Avernish
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.27572° or 57° 16′ 33″ northLongitude
-5.57686° or 5° 34′ 37″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9C9P7CGF+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 444431210OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Avernish” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Avernish”
- Dutch: “Avernish”
- Irish: “Abhairnis”
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Notable Places Nearby
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