Inverpolly
Inverpolly is the name given to a large area of northern Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, north of Ullapool. The area contains several prominent hills, rising up from a rough landscape of bogs and lochans.Photo: Grinner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: rural area in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Inbhir Phollaidh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Osgaig.
Loch Osgaig
Lake
Loch Osgaig is a small remote and deep freshwater loch, orientated on north-west to south-east axis, that is located 1 miles south of Enard Bay and 2 mile northeast of Achiltibuie and immediately north west of Loch Bad a' Ghaill. Loch Osgaig is situated 2½ miles southwest of Inverpolly.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inverkirkaig and Achnahaird.
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. Inverkirkaig is situated 3 miles north of Inverpolly.
Achnahaird
Hamlet
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achnahaird is a small settlement on Achnahaird Bay in Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish council area of Highland. The beach at Achnahaird Bay was used in the filming of 'The Eagle'. Achnahaird is situated 3½ miles west of Inverpolly.
Coigach
Locality
Photo: paddy heron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coigach is a peninsula north of Ullapool, in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The area consists of a traditional crofting and fishing community of a couple of hundred houses located between mountain and shore on a peninsula looking over the Summer Isles and the sea. Coigach is situated 4 miles southwest of Inverpolly.
Inverpolly
- Category: rural area
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.07981° or 58° 4′ 47″ northLongitude
-5.28006° or 5° 16′ 48″ westOpen location code
9CCP3PH9+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 13634481220OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q6060316
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Inverpolly” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Inverpolly”
- Breton: “Inbhir Phollaidh”
- Catalan: “Inverpolly”
- Cornish: “Inbhir Phollaidh”
- Dutch: “Inverpolly”
- Irish: “Inbhir Phollaidh”
- Manx: “Inbhir Phollaidh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Inbhir Phollaidh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Inverpolly”
- Spanish: “Inverpolly”
- Welsh: “Inbhir Phollaidh”
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