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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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: “Gigha Island” and “Isle of Gigha”
- Postal code: PA41
Places of Interest
Highlights include Craro Island and Gigha Parish Church.
Gigalum Island
Islet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gigalum Island or Gigalum is a tiny, private uninhabited island off the southeast coast of Gigha in Scotland. Gigalum has a medieval house in the middle, and gives its name to the strait between it and the main island, "Caolas Gigalum".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ardminish and Tayinloan.
Ardminish
Village
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Ardminish is the sole village on the Isle of Gigha in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, and considered its "capital". It is connected to the mainland through a regular ferry service that runs to Tayinloan.
Tayinloan
Village
Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tayinloan is a village situated on the west coast of the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The village has a sub post office, general store and a small hotel, a village hall and a play park.
Gigha
- Category: island
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Gigha” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gigha”
- Breton: “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”
- French: “Isle of Gigha”
- Galician: “Illa de Gigha”
- German: “Gigha”
- Greek: “Γκίγκα”
- Hebrew: “גיה”
- Hungarian: “Gigha”
- Irish: “Giogha”
- Italian: “Gigha”
- Italian: “Isle of Gigha/Giogha”
- Low German: “Gigha”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gigha”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gigha”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Giogha”
- 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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