Caolas an Eilein
Caolas an Eilein is a bay in Western Isles, Scotland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Eriskay and Gighay.
Eriskay
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eriskay is an island in the Outer Hebrides or Western Isles, linked by causeway to South Uist, and extending 3 miles north-south and 2 miles east-west.
Gighay
Island
Photo: Nick R, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gighay an uninhabited island off the northeast coast of Barra. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Beinn Sciathan
Peak
Photo: Mipmapped, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ben Scrien, is the highest point on the Outer Hebridean island of Eriskay. Described as an apparently "uninspiring lump" it nevertheless commands fine views of Barra, South Uist, Skye, Tiree and Coll.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ardmore and Ardveenish.
Ardmore
Village
Photo: Alan Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardmhor is a small village in the north east of the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. In 2002 a small ferry port was built in the village to serve a new ferry link between Barra and Eriskay as part of the Sound of Barra Integrated Transport Project.
Ardveenish
Hamlet
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardveenish is a village on Barra in the Western Isles, Scotland. Ardveenish is also within the parish of Barra.
Bayherivagh
Village
Photo: David Gruar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Northbay is a township and community in the north of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. Northbay is within the parish of Barra.
Caolas an Eilein
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.0435° or 57° 2′ 37″ northLongitude
-7.3028° or 7° 18′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C9J2MVW+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 10795800879OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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