Sgat Mòr
Sgat Mòr is an islet in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Sgat Mòr is situated nearby to the locality Low Stillaig, as well as near Polphail.Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: small island that lies off the Cowal peninsula on the west coast of Scotland
- Also known as: “Sgat Mor”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sgat Beag.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polphail and Portavadie.
Polphail
Locality
Polphail was a ghost village, located at Portavadie in Argyll & Bute, Scotland. Originally built in the 1970s, it was never occupied and was demolished in 2016.
Portavadie
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portavadie is a village on the shores of Loch Fyne on the coast of the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland. The Portavadie complex was built in 1975 by the then Scottish Office for the purpose of constructing concrete platforms for extraction of oil from the North Sea. Portavadie is situated 2 miles north of Sgat Mòr.
Millhouse
Village
Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Millhouse is a village in the parish of Kilfinan. Located on the B8000 inland from Kames in the east and Portavadie in the west, on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. Millhouse is situated 3 miles northeast of Sgat Mòr.
Sgat Mòr
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.84796° or 55° 50′ 53″ northLongitude
-5.30755° or 5° 18′ 27″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9C7PRMXR+5XOpenStreetMap ID
way 499876708OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
13285148Wikidata ID
Q17347714
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In Other Languages
“Sgat Mòr” goes by many names.
- French: “Sgat Mòr”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Low Stillaig and Cuid Oidhche.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include standing stone and Cnoc Mor.
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