Eilean nan Gobhar Mòr

Eilean nan Gobhar Mòr is an island in Scotland, United Kingdom. Eilean nan Gobhar Mòr is situated nearby to the hamlet Drumbuie, as well as near Barleyport.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Duirinish railway station and Eilean Bàn.

Duirinish railway station

Railway station

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Duirinish railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line near the settlement of Duirinish in the Highlands, northern Scotland.

Eilean Bàn is a six-acre island between Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, in the historic county of Ross and Cromarty in the Highland local government area. Eilean Bàn is situated 2 miles southwest of Eilean nan Gobhar Mòr.

Plockton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plockton railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Plockton in the Highlands, north-west Scotland. The station is 58 miles 22 chains from Dingwall, between Duncraig and Duirinish. Plockton railway station is situated 2 miles northeast of Eilean nan Gobhar Mòr.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drumbuie and Barleyport.

Drumbuie

Hamlet

Drumbuie is a settlement situated less than 1 mile southwest of Duirinish in Lochalsh, Scottish Highlands and is in the council area of Highland. The fishing hamlet of Erbusaig is located less than one mile to the southwest.

Barleyport

Hamlet

Photo: Chris MacKenzie, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Port an Eòrna is the Scottish Gaelic name for the small settlement of Barleyport, situated almost midway between Plockton and the Kyle of Lochalsh, in Ross-shire, Scotland, in the Western Highlands.

Erbusaig

Village

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Erbusaig is a small remote township, situated on Erbusaig Bay near Kyle of Lochalsh, Scottish Highlands and is in the council area of Highland. In the language of Gaelic, the village is named after Erb, a Viking who landed in the Bay.

Eilean nan Gobhar Mòr

Type: Island
Also known as: “Eilean nan Gobhar Mor”
Category: landform
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.3173° or 57° 19′ 2″ north

Longitude

-5.71406° or 5° 42′ 51″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

9C9P878P+W9

GeoNames ID

13284562

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