Colonsay
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Catriona Colonsay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 108 residents
- Description: island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull
- Also known as: “Isle of Colonsay”
- Postal code: PA61
Places of Interest
Highlights include Colonsay Airport and Loch Fada.
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.
Loch Fada
Lake
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Fada is a loch located on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay, Scotland. It extends between Kiloran and Lower Kilchattan approximately 3 km and is the largest loch on Colonsay.
Dùn Eibhinn
Fort
Photo: Jlmcafee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dùn Eibhinn, also known as Dun Evan, Dun Eivan or Fort of Eyvind, is a hillfort located on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay, Scotland. The site is located at grid reference NR38229439.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scalasaig.
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
- Category: island
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Colonsay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Colonsay”
- Breton: “Colbhasa”
- Breton: “Colonsay”
- Catalan: “Colonsay”
- Cebuano: “Colonsay”
- Cebuano: “Isle of Colonsay”
- Chinese: “科伦赛岛”
- Chinese: “科倫賽島”
- Dutch: “Colonsay”
- French: “Colonsay Island”
- French: “Colonsay”
- French: “Île Colonsay”
- German: “Colonsay”
- Greek: “Κόλονσεϊ”
- Hebrew: “האי קולונסיי”
- Hebrew: “קולונסיי”
- Hungarian: “Colonsay”
- Irish: “Colbhasa”
- Italian: “Colonsay”
- Japanese: “コロンゼー島”
- Latin: “Colvansa”
- Low German: “Colonsay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Colonsay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Colbhasa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Colonsay”
- Norwegian: “Colonsay”
- Persian: “کولونزی”
- Polish: “Colonsay”
- Russian: “Колонсей”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Colbhasa”
- Serbian: “Колонсај”
- Slovenian: “Colonsay”
- Spanish: “Colbhasa”
- Spanish: “Colonsay”
- Swedish: “Colonsay”
- Swedish: “Isle of Colonsay”
- Welsh: “Colbhasa”
- Welsh: “Colonsay”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Colonsay”. Photo: Catriona Colonsay, CC BY-SA 3.0.