Harris

Lewis and Harris are a single large island in the or Western Isles of Scotland. It's the third largest island in the British Archipelago, only Great Britain and Ireland being larger.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Tarbert and Leverburgh.

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is a village on Harris in the of .

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is the main village in the southern part…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bunavoneadar and Ardhasaig.

Hamlet
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Bun Abhainn Eadarra or is a hamlet…

Village
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is a settlement on the western coast of north Harris, in the , Scotland.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Harris

  • Type: Area with 1,920 residents
  • Description: southern part of the Scottish island Lewis and Harris
  • Also known as: “Eilean na Hearadh”, “Harris i Hebridane”, “Harris, Outer Hebrides”, “Harris/na Hearadh”, “Hearadh”, “Île de Harris”, “Isle of Harris”, “Na h-Earadh”, “Na h-Earradh”, “Na Hearradh”, “Айл-оф-Харрис”, “Гаррис”, and “Остров Харрис”
  • Category: peninsula
  • Location: , , , ,
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Latitude
57.9167° or 57° 55′ north
Longitude
-6.8333° or 6° 50′ west
Population
1,920
Elevation
784 feet (239 metres)
Open location code
9C9MW588+MM
Geo­Names ID
2647432
Wiki­data ID
Q1122196
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Harris” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Հարրիս”
  • Basque: “Harris”
  • Breton: “Na Hearadh”
  • Catalan: “Harris”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Harris”
  • Cebuano: “Harris, Outer Hebrides”
  • Cebuano: “Harris”
  • Chinese: “哈里斯岛”
  • Chinese: “哈里斯島”
  • Czech: “Harris”
  • Danish: “Harris (Skotland)”
  • Danish: “Harris”
  • Dutch: “Harris”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هاريس”
  • Estonian: “Harris”
  • Finnish: “Na Hearadh”
  • French: “Harris”
  • Galician: “Harris”
  • German: “Harris”
  • Irish: “Na Hearadh”
  • Japanese: “ハリス島”
  • Lithuanian: “Harisas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Harris”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Harris i Ytre Hebridane”
  • Norwegian: “Harris”
  • Polish: “Harris”
  • Russian: “Остров Гаррис”
  • Scots: “Harris, Scotland”
  • Scots: “Harris”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Na Hearadh”
  • Slovenian: “Harris”
  • Spanish: “Harris”
  • Swedish: “Harris, Skottland”
  • Swedish: “Harris, Yttre Hebriderna”
  • Ukrainian: “Гарріс”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Гарріс”
  • Welsh: “Na Hearadh”

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