Eilean Heast
Eilean Heast is an islet in Highland Council, Scotland. Eilean Heast is situated nearby to the locality Dubh-lionan, as well as near the hamlet Heaste.Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Fada Ghasgain and Lochan Fada.
Loch Fada Ghasgain
Lake
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Fada Ghasgain is a lake, which is situated 2 miles south of Eilean Heast.
Lochan Fada
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochan Fada is situated 2 miles southeast of Eilean Heast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heaste and Boreraig.
Heaste
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Heasta, Heast, or the anglicised form Heaste, pron. /heɪst/, is a small settlement on the island of Skye, Scotland. It is located on the west coast of the island five miles south of Broadford extending down to the north shore of Loch Eiseort, facing out to the Atlantic to the south west and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Boreraig
Locality
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boreraig is a deserted township in Strath Swordale on the north shore of Loch Eishort in the parish of Strath, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Boreraig is situated 2 miles west of Eilean Heast.
Drumfearn
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drumfearn is a small crofting township, lying at the head of the Sleat peninsula, at the head of Loch Eishort, on the isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Drumfearn is situated 2 miles east of Eilean Heast.
Eilean Heast
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.17427° or 57° 10′ 27″ northLongitude
-5.89428° or 5° 53′ 39″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9C9P54F4+P7OpenStreetMap ID
way 83041128OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
13285358Wikidata ID
Q58535706
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