Teanga Tunga

Teanga Tunga is an islet in Western Isles, Scotland. Teanga Tunga is situated nearby to the village Steinish, as well as near Plasterfield.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stornoway Airport and Lews Castle.

Stornoway Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stornoway Airport is an airfield located 2 miles east of the town of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland.

Lews Castle

Castle

Photo: David Maclennan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lews Castle is a Victorian era castle located west of the town of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It was built in the years 1844–51 as a country house for Sir James Matheson who had bought the whole island a few years previously with his fortune from the Chinese opium trade. Lews Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of Teanga Tunga.

Western Isles Hospital

Hospital

Photo: John Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Western Isles Hospital is a rural general hospital in Stornoway on Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Western Isles.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Steinish and Plasterfield.

Steinish

Village

Photo: Donald Lawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Steinish is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis, near Plasterfield and Stornoway Airport. Steinish is situated within the parish of Stornoway, and is also situated adjacent to the Laxdale estuary.

Plasterfield

Village

Photo: Donald Lawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plasterfield is a hamlet in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis. Plasterfield is within the parish of Stornoway. Plasterfield is a suburb of Stornoway and consists of two groups of houses, built after World War II.

Tong

Village

Photo: AllyLamont, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tong is a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, 4 miles northeast of the main town of Stornoway on the B895 road to Back and Tolsta. The population of the village is 527.

Teanga Tunga

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

58.2251° or 58° 13′ 30″ north

Longitude

-6.34752° or 6° 20′ 51″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

9CCM6MG2+2X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4012813

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

13285400

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