Glenelg
Glenelg is a small village on the coast of Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands, which historically was one of the main crossings to and from Skye. The cattle swam across on their way to market, while the humans took a ferry.
Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Dun Telve
Ruins
Dun Telve is an iron-age broch located about 4 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Inverness-shire in the Highland Region of Scotland. Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dun Troddan
Ruins
Dun Troddan is an iron-age broch located about 5 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Highland, in Scotland. Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Localities in the Area
Kylerhea
Village
Kylerhea is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands, overlooking Kyle Rhea, a strait splitting Skye from the Scottish mainland.
Glenelg
- Type: Human settlement
- Description: human settlement
- Location: Ross and Cromarty, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
Latitude 57.2122° or 57° 12' 43.8" north | Longitude -5.6218° or 5° 37' 18.4" west |
United Nations Location Code GB GNL | Elevation 46 feet (14 metres) |
GeoNames ID 2648494 |
Also Known As
- Basque: Glenelg
- Cebuano: Glenelg
- Dutch: Glenelg
- English: Glenelg, Highland
- German: Glenelg
- Irish: Gleann Eilg
- Irish: Glinn Eilg
- Japanese: グレネルグ
- Scots: Glenelg
- Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Eilg, Gàidhealtachd
- Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Eilg
- Swedish: Glenelg
Other Places Named Glenelg
- Tarpum BayCity, Bahamas
- Shire of GlenelgVictoria, Australia
- GlenelgSuburb, Adelaide Region, South Australia
- GlenelgHamlet, Maryland, United States
- GlenelgVillage, Nova Scotia, Canada
- GlenelgVillage, Scotland, United Kingdom
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- Glen BerneraValley
- Gleann BeagValley
- Bealach LuachrachPass
- Glas BheinnHill
- Kyle RheaStrait
- Port AslaigBay
Popular Destinations in Ross and Cromarty
Escape to a Random Place
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