Eilean na Rainich

Eilean na Rainich is an islet in Highland Council, Scotland. Eilean na Rainich is situated nearby to the hamlet Badcall, as well as near the village Scourie.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Calbha Beag and Meall Beag.

Calbha Beag

Islet

Photo: John Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Calbha Beag is an uninhabited island in Eddrachillis Bay, off Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. It is immediately to the west of Calbha Mor. An estimate of the area from Ordnance Survey suggest a figure of about 31 hectares, although it has been listed by Rick Livingstone as totalling 45 hectares, possibly including areas exposed at low tide. Calbha Beag is situated 1½ miles southeast of Eilean na Rainich.

Meall Beag

Islet

Photo: Tony Page, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Meall Beag is an islet, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Eilean na Rainich.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scourie and Culkein Drumbeg.

Scourie

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Scourie is a village on the north-west coast of Scotland, about halfway between Ullapool and Durness. It is in the civil parish of Eddrachillis, in the traditional county of Sutherland, now part of the Highland council area; the 2011 Census classified it as "very remote rural" with an adult population of 132. Scourie is situated 3½ miles north of Eilean na Rainich.

Culkein Drumbeg

Hamlet

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Culkein Drumbeg is a remote village on the north west coast of Scotland. It is located 0.93 miles north west of Drumbeg in Assynt, Sutherland, in the Highland council area. Culkein Drumbeg is situated 4 miles southwest of Eilean na Rainich.

Drumbeg

Village

Drumbeg is a remote crofting village on the north west coast of Scotland in Assynt, Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Drumbeg is situated 4½ miles south of Eilean na Rainich.

Eilean na Rainich

Type: Islet
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.30407° or 58° 18′ 15″ north

Longitude

-5.1713° or 5° 10′ 17″ west

Elevation

26 feet (8 metres)

Open location code

9CCP8R3H+JF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 208901576

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

13284417

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