Leverburgh
Leverburgh is the main village in the southern part of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, with a population of about 200. The main road A859 follows the west coast, running from Tarbert through Seilebost, Borve, Scarista and Northton to Leverburgh, continuing south to Rodel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Roineabhal.
Roineabhal
Peak
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roineabhal is a hill in Harris, in the Western Isles of Scotland. The granite on the summit plateau of the mountain is anorthosite, and is similar in composition to rocks found in the mountains of the Moon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rodel.
Rodel
Village
Photo: Zenit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rodel is a village on the south-eastern coast of Harris, an island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. Rodel is situated in the parish of Harris. It was historically the capital of Harris, and the main port, before Tarbert took the title. Rodel is situated 2½ miles southeast of Leverburgh.
Leverburgh
- Type: Village with 200 residents
- Description: village on Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.771° or 57° 46′ 16″ northLongitude
-7.0193° or 7° 1′ 9″ westPopulation
200Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
9C9JQXCJ+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 33505422OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7909718Wikidata ID
Q2243731
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Leverburgh” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Leverburgh”
- Dutch: “Leverburgh”
- Finnish: “An Tòb”
- French: “Leverburgh”
- German: “Leverburgh”
- Irish: “An Tòb”
- Japanese: “レヴァーバラ”
- Lithuanian: “Leverburgas”
- Persian: “لوربرگ”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An t-Òb” (historical)
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Tòb”
- Swedish: “Leverburgh”
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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 “Leverburgh”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.