Eigg

Eigg is one of the , lying 10 miles off the west coast of Scotland, and with a population of just under 100. The name means "notched" and it's a moorland plateau cleaved by a valley, with the dramatic scarp of An Sgurr looming over it.
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  • Type: Locality with 67 residents
  • Description: one of the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Egg” and “Isle of Eigg”
  • Postal code: PH42

Places of Interest

Highlights include An Sgùrr and Laig Beach.

Peak
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, also known as The Sgùrr of Eigg, is the highest point on the island of Eigg in Scotland's . It was formed 59 million years ago; the result of one of the last eruptions of a volcano, the core of which now forms the .

Beach
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cleadale and Galmisdale.

Village
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is a settlement on the north west side of the island of Eigg, in the of Scotland and is in the council area of Highland. The setting is visually dramatic.

Village
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is the main port of the island of Eigg, one of the of the . It is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Eigg

Latitude
56.8996° or 56° 53′ 59″ north
Longitude
-6.1408° or 6° 8′ 27″ west
Population
67
Elevation
312 feet (95 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB IGG
Open location code
9C8MVVX5+RM
Geo­Names ID
8317353
Wiki­data ID
Q514481
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Eigg” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Eigg”
  • Bengali: “ইগ”
  • Breton: “Eige”
  • Breton: “Eigg”
  • Catalan: “Eigg”
  • Cebuano: “Eigg Island”
  • Cebuano: “Eigg”
  • Chinese: “埃格岛”
  • Chinese: “埃格島”
  • Czech: “Eigg”
  • Danish: “Eigg”
  • Dutch: “Eigg”
  • Finnish: “Eigg”
  • French: “Eigg”
  • German: “Eigg”
  • Greek: “Εγκ”
  • Hebrew: “אג”
  • Hebrew: “האי אג”
  • Irish: “Eige”
  • Italian: “Eigg”
  • Japanese: “エッグ島”
  • Latin: “Egga”
  • Low German: “Eigg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eige”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eigg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eigg”
  • Norwegian: “Eigg”
  • Polish: “Eigg”
  • Russian: “Ейгг”
  • Russian: “Эгг”
  • Russian: “Эйгг”
  • Scots: “Eigg”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eige”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Egg”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Eigg”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Isle ko Eigg”
  • Spanish: “Eigg”
  • Swedish: “Eigg”
  • Welsh: “Eige”
  • Welsh: “Eigg”

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