Gigha
Gigha is an island 3 miles off Argyll on the west coast of Scotland. The name is probably from Norse Guðey, “god’s island” or “good island”. It’s about 6 miles north-south by 1½ miles wide, and in 2011 had a population of 163.
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- Type: Locality with 110 residents
- Description: island off the west coast of Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Isle of Gigha” and “Isle of Gigha/Giogha”
- Postal code: PA41
Places of Interest
Highlights: Craro Island and Gigha Parish Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ardminish and Tayinloan.
Gigha
- Category: island
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.681° or 55° 40′ 52″ north
Longitude
-5.7397° or 5° 44′ 23″ west
Population
110
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
9C7PM7J6+94
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Gigha” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gigha”
- Breton: “Giogha”
- Catalan: “Gigha”
- Catalan: “Illa de Gigha”
- Cebuano: “Gigha Island”
- Cebuano: “Isle of Gigha”
- Chinese: “吉厄岛”
- Chinese: “吉厄島”
- Czech: “Gigha”
- Czech: “Isle of Gigha”
- Dutch: “Gigha”
- French: “Gigha”
- French: “Île de Gigha”
- Galician: “Illa de Gigha”
- German: “Gigha”
- Greek: “Γκίγκα”
- Hebrew: “גיה”
- Hungarian: “Gigha”
- Irish: “Giogha”
- Italian: “Gigha”
- Low German: “Gigha”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gigha”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gigha”
- Norwegian: “Gigha”
- Russian: “Гиа”
- Scots: “Gigha”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Giogha”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gigha”
- Spanish: “Gigha”
- Spanish: “Isla de Gigha”
- Swedish: “Gigha Island”
- Swedish: “Isle of Gigha”
- Uzbek: “Gigha (Giya)”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dùnan Buidhe and Keil Cottages.
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