Lochinver
Lochinver is a small fishing village in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, 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.Photo: Espresso Addict, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Village with 651 residents
- Description: village in Assynt, Highland, Scotland
- Also known as: “Loch an Inbhir”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strathan and Inverkirkaig.
Strathan
Village
Strathan is a remote scattered coastal village, located in Bàgh an t-strathain Bay, which lies on the south shore of the sea loch, Loch Inver, in the Assynt district of the west coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Inverkirkaig
Hamlet
Photo: Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverkirkaig is extremely remote scattered crofting township, situated on the north eastern bay, of the sea loch Loch Kirkaig, in the Assynt district of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Achmelvich
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Achmelvich is a settlement situated in the Highland region of Scotland. The name comes from the Gaelic "Achadh" - a plain or meadow and "mealbhaich" - sandy dunes. Achmelvich is situated 2½ miles northwest of Lochinver.
Lochinver
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.1524° or 58° 9′ 9″ northLongitude
-5.2406° or 5° 14′ 26″ westPopulation
651Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LOVOpen location code
9CCP5Q25+XQOpenStreetMap ID
node 341438540OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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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”
- “Loch an Inbhir”
- “Lochinver”
- “Lochinver - Loch an Inbhir”
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