Duvegan Head
Duvegan Head is a cape in Highland Council, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isay and Mingay.
Isay
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Isay is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It lies in Loch Dunvegan, 1 kilometre off the northwest coast of the Isle of Skye.
Mingay
Islet
Photo: John Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mingay is an islet in the Inner Hebrides off Skye and Isay. Together with Isay and Loch Dunvegan, it is designated as a Special Area of Conservation owing to the breeding colonies of the common seal.
Lampay
Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lampay is an uninhabited tidal island in Loch Dunvegan, off the northwest coast of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is separated from the "mainland" of Skye by a small sound called An Doirneil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colbost and Stein.
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.
Stein
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stein is a small settlement on Waternish, the middle peninsula of the north coast of Skye, in the Scottish Hebrides. It's scenic but tiny. More visitor facilities can be found a few miles east at Edinbane, which lies along the main road between Portree and Dunvegan.
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.
Duvegan Head
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.5138° or 57° 30′ 50″ northLongitude
-6.7165° or 6° 42′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C9MG77M+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 21083487OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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