Gairloch
Gairloch is a straggling community along the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 620 in 2020. The land is hilly and farming isn't very productive, but shellfishing remains a traditional occupation.
- Village with 610 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 16 feet (5 metres)
- Description: village in Highland, Scotland, UK
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gairloch Museum.
Gairloch Museum
Museum
Gairloch Museum is an independent museum in the Wester Ross region of Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charlestown and Lonemore.
Charlestown
Neighborhood
Charlestown is a small hamlet, making up one of the…
Lonemore
Neighborhood
Lonemore is a crofting village on the north shore…
Gairloch
- Category: locality
- Location
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Latitude
57.728° or 57° 43′ 41″ north
Longitude
-5.6903° or 5° 41′ 25″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB GAR
Open location code
9C9PP8H5+6V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Gairloch” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gairloch”
- Breton: “Gairloch”
- Catalan: “Gairloch”
- Cebuano: “Gairloch”
- Chinese: “盖尔洛赫”
- Chinese: “蓋爾洛赫”
- Dutch: “Gairloch”
- French: “Gairloch”
- German: “Gairloch”
- Irish: “Geárrloch”
- Irish: “Geàrrloch”
- Italian: “Gairloch”
- Japanese: “ゲイロッホ”
- Scots: “Gairloch”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Geàrrloch”
- Spanish: “Gairloch”
- Swedish: “Gairloch”
- Urdu: “گیئرلوک”
- Welsh: “Gairloch”
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