Duirinish
Duirinish is a peninsula and civil parish on the island of Skye in Scotland. It is situated in the north west between Loch Dunvegan and Loch Bracadale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula on the Isle of Skye, Scotland
- Also known as: “Diùranais”, “Duirinish - Diùranais”, “Duirinish peninsula”, and “Duirinish, Skye”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunvegan Castle and Loch Eishort.
Dunvegan Castle
Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunvegan Castle is located 1 mile to the north of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland. It is the seat of the MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of the Clan MacLeod.
Healabhal Bheag
Peak
Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Healabhal Bheag is a hill located on the Duirinish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It is also known as MacLeod's Table South and is part of the prominent pair of peaks known as MacLeod's Tables that dominate the views to the west of Dunvegan and to the north of Harlosh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colbost and Dunvegan.
Colbost
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Colbost is the first of a straggle of tiny settlements on the Duirnish Peninsula in the northwest of Skye. The others are Totaig, Glendale, Lephin and Milovaig, then the road dead-ends.
Dunvegan
Dunvegan is a small village on Skye in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, with a population of 386 in 2011. The main draw is the castle. Dunvegan is also a base for exploring Duirnish, the peninsula to the west.
Glendale
Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glendale is a community-owned estate on the north-western coastline of the Duirinish peninsula on the island of Skye and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Duirinish
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.4164° or 57° 24′ 59″ northLongitude
-6.6697° or 6° 40′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C9MC88J+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 13366238506OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peninsulaWikidata ID
Q5312656
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Scottish Gaelic—“Duirinish” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Duirinish, Skye”
- Finnish: “Diùirinis”
- Irish: “Diùirinis”
- Irish: “Diùirnis”
- Irish: “Diùranais”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Clàr Moganach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Diùirinis”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Diùirnis”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Diùranais”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùthaich nam Mogan”
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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 Wikipedia page “Duirinish”. Photo: phil smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.