Kyleakin
Kyleakin is a village on the island of Skye, traditionally a ferry port. It has become quieter since the Skye Bridge replaced the ferry from the mainland, but is an attractive small place worth a stop. In 2011 the population was around 300.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kyle of Lochalsh railway station and Eilean Bàn.
Kyle of Lochalsh railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sexy Simon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kyle of Lochalsh railway station is the terminus of the Kyle of Lochalsh Line in the village of Kyle of Lochalsh in the Highlands, northern Scotland. The station is 63 miles 64 chains from Dingwall.
Eilean Bàn
Island
Eilean Bàn is a six-acre island between Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, in the historic county of Ross and Cromarty in the Highland local government area.
Castle Maol
Castle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Caisteal Maol is a ruined castle located near the harbour of the village of Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is also known as Castle Moil, Castle Maol, Dun Akyn, Dunakin Castle, Dun Haakon and Castle Dunakin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kyle of Lochalsh and Erbusaig.
Kyle of Lochalsh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kyle of Lochalsh is a village in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 590 in 2020. It is just across the water from Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye and was the traditional route to Skye by ferry.
Erbusaig
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Erbusaig is a small remote township, situated on Erbusaig Bay near Kyle of Lochalsh, Scottish Highlands and is in the council area of Highland. In the language of Gaelic, the village is named after Erb, a Viking who landed in the Bay. Erbusaig is situated 2 miles north of Kyleakin.
Kyleakin
- Type: Village with 300 residents
- Description: village on the Isle of Skye in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.2721° or 57° 16′ 20″ northLongitude
-5.7308° or 5° 43′ 51″ westPopulation
300Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB KYNOpen location code
9C9P77C9+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 440774982OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Kyleakin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kyleakin”
- Czech: “Kyleakin”
- Dutch: “Kyleakin”
- French: “Kyleakin”
- German: “Kyleakin”
- Irish: “Caol Acain”
- Irish: “Caol Àcain”
- Irish: “Caol Àcainn”
- Italian: “Kyleakin”
- Persian: “کایلیکین”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caol Acain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caol Àcain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caol Àcainn”
- Swedish: “Kyleakin”
- “Caol Acain”
- “Kyleakin”
- “Kyleakin - Caol Acain”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Kyleakin”. Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.