Eilean Mhugaig

Eilean Mhugaig is an island in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Eilean Mhugaig is situated nearby to the locality An t-Adhradh, as well as near the hamlet Oronsay Farm.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oronsay and Oronsay Priory.

Oronsay

Island

Photo: Tony Kinghorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oronsay, also sometimes spelt and pronounced Oransay by the local community, is a small tidal island south of Colonsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides with an area of 543 hectares.

Oronsay Priory

Cemetery

Photo: Hole in the wall, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oronsay Priory was a monastery of canons regular on the island of Oronsay, Inner Hebrides, Argyll, off the coast of Scotland. It was established in the 14th century under the patronage of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles.

Colonsay Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Gordon Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Colonsay Airport is located on the island of Colonsay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Located 3 nautical miles west of Scalasaig, it is a small airport, with 25-minute flights every Tuesday and Thursday to Oban Airport by Hebridean Air Services.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scalasaig and Colonsay.

Scalasaig

Village

Photo: dun deagh, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Scalasaig lies on the east coast of Colonsay, in the council area of Argyll and Bute of Scotland. It is the main settlement on the island and its only port; thus tourists arriving by ferry must pass through it on the way to any part of the isle.

Colonsay

Photo: Catriona Colonsay, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Colonsay is an island in the Inner Hebrides, about 8 miles long by 2½ miles wide, with Scalasaig as its main settlement and ferry pier. Colonsay is rocky yet fertile, with fine beaches, and had a population of 135 in 2011.

Eilean Mhugaig

Type: Island
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.02949° or 56° 1′ 46″ north

Longitude

-6.24681° or 6° 14′ 49″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

9C8M2QH3+Q7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 278046402

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

13285177

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Localities in the Area

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