Isle of Lismore
Lismore is an island ten miles north of Oban in the sea inlet of Loch Linnhe. It's one of the Inner Hebrides islands, but little developed for tourism, and overlooked by visitors who sail by on the ferries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Lismore”, “Lismore Island”, and “Lismore, Scotland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Achanduin Castle and Bernera Island.
Achanduin Castle
Castle
Photo: Paul Biggin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achanduin Castle, is a castle, now in ruins, located about 5.0 kilometres west of Achnacroish on the north-western coastline of the island of Lismore, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Bernera Island
Island
Photo: Ken Craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bernera Island or simply Bernera is a tidal island off Lismore, in Argyll, Scotland.
Eilean Musdile
Islet
Photo: Scottholland, Public domain.
Eilean Musdile is an islet, and lighthouse to the south west of Lismore in the Inner Hebrides. The island lies in the entrance to Loch Linnhe, separated from Lismore by a sound ¼ miles across.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Achnacroish.
Achnacroish
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achnacroish is a hamlet on the Scottish island of Lismore. The harbour serves the ferry between Lismore and Oban. The hamlet has the island's primary school.
Isle of Lismore
- Category: landform
- 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 Arabic to Swedish—“Isle of Lismore” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ليشمور”
- Basque: “Lismore (Eskozia)”
- Basque: “Lismore”
- Breton: “Lios Mòr”
- Catalan: “Lismore”
- Cebuano: “Lismore Island”
- Chinese: “利斯莫尔岛”
- Chinese: “利斯莫爾島”
- Dutch: “Lismore”
- French: “Lismore”
- German: “Lios mor”
- German: “Lios mòr”
- German: “Lismore”
- Greek: “Λίσμορ”
- Irish: “Lios Mòr”
- Italian: “Lismore”
- Japanese: “リスモア島”
- Latin: “Lismora”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lismore”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lios Mòr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lismore i Skottland”
- Norwegian: “Lismore”
- Persian: “لیسمور، اسکاتلند”
- Polish: “Lismore”
- Russian: “Лисмор”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lios Mòr”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lismore”
- Swedish: “Lismore Island”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Isle of Lismore”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.