Lochinver

Lochinver is a small fishing village in in the , with a population of 651 in 2011. It's about 30 miles north of Ullapool. Lochinver starkly illustrates the plight of Scotland's fishing industry: many foreign trawlers land their catch here, but hardly any Scottish boats still operate.
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  • Village with 651 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 16 feet (5 metres)
  • …is also known as “Loch an Inbhir”
  • Description: village in Assynt, Highland, Scotland

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strathan and Inverkirkaig.
is a remote scattered coastal village…
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is a settlement situated in the region of . is situated 2½ miles northwest of Lochinver.

Lochinver

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Latitude
58.1524° or 58° 9′ 9″ north
Longitude
-5.2406° or 5° 14′ 26″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB LOV
Open location code
9CCP5Q25+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 341438540
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2643818
Wiki­data ID
Q1018747

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Lochinver” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Lochinver”
  • Bengali: “লোচিনভার”
  • Breton: “Loch an Inbhir”
  • Bulgarian: “Лочинвер”
  • Cebuano: “Lochinver”
  • Chinese: “洛欣弗”
  • Cornish: “Loch an Inbhir”
  • Dutch: “Lochinver”
  • French: “Lochinver”
  • German: “Lochinver”
  • Irish: “Loch an Inbhir”
  • Italian: “Lochinver”
  • Manx: “Loch an Inbhir”
  • Persian: “لاکینور”
  • Scots: “Lochinver”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Loch an Inbhir”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lochinver”
  • Swedish: “Lochinver”
  • Welsh: “Loch an Inbhir”
  • Welsh: “Lochinver”
  • “Lochinver - Loch an Inbhir”

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