Iona

Iona is an island one mile west of in the Scottish . It's only 3½ miles long by 1½ miles across, with a population of 210 in 2019. Its main settlement Baile Mor is just a straggle of cottages.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island off the west coast of Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “İona”, “Isle of Iona”, “Иона”, and “І Халум Хілле”

Places of Interest

Highlights: St Oran’s Chapel and Iona Church, Iona.

Church
St Oran's Chapel is a medieval chapel located on the…

Guest house
Bishop's House is a retreat house for the Scottish…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fionnphort and Kintra.

is a small fishing port at the far west…

Hamlet
, meaning "head of the beach" in Scottish…

Iona

Latitude
56.3288° or 56° 19′ 44″ north
Longitude
-6.4131° or 6° 24′ 47″ west
Population
125
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
9C8M8HHP+GP
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Iona” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيونا”
  • Armenian: “Իոնա”
  • Asturian: “Iona”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ayona”
  • Basque: “Iona”
  • Belarusian: “Аёна”
  • Bengali: “আয়োনা”
  • Breton: “Ì Chaluim Chille”
  • Catalan: “Iona”
  • Cebuano: “Iona”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئایۆنا”
  • Chinese: “艾奥纳岛”
  • Czech: “Iona”
  • Danish: “Iona”
  • Dutch: “Iona”
  • Estonian: “Iona”
  • Finnish: “Iona”
  • French: “Île d’Iona”
  • French: “Iona”
  • Galician: “Iona”
  • German: “Iona”
  • Greek: “Αϊόνα”
  • Greek: “Άιονα”
  • Hebrew: “איונה”
  • Hungarian: “Iona”
  • Irish: “Í Chaluim Chille”
  • Irish: “Í Cholm Cille”
  • Italian: “Iona”
  • Japanese: “アイオナ島”
  • Kazakh: “Айона”
  • Korean: “아이오나섬”
  • Latin: “Iona”
  • Low German: “Iona”
  • Nepali: “इयोना”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Iona”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Iona”
  • Norwegian: “Iona”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Iona”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ii”
  • Persian: “آئونا”
  • Polish: “Iona”
  • Portuguese: “Iona”
  • Romanian: “Iona (insulă)”
  • Russian: “Айона”
  • Scots: “Iona”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ì Chaluim Chille”
  • Serbian: “Јона (Шкотска)”
  • Serbian: “Јона”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Iona”
  • Slovenian: “Iona”
  • Spanish: “Iona”
  • Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Iona”
  • Swedish: “Iona”
  • Tagalog: “Iona”
  • Tamil: “ஐயோனா”
  • Ukrainian: “Йона”
  • Urdu: “آئونا”
  • Urdu: “آئیونا”
  • Vietnamese: “Iona”
  • Welsh: “Iona”
  • Western Panjabi: “آئیاونا”
  • Wu Chinese: “爱奥那岛”
  • Wu Chinese: “艾奥纳岛”

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Places to explore: Sligneach and Baile Mòr.

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