Inner Sound
The Inner Sound is a sound separating the Inner Hebridean islands of Skye, Raasay and South Rona from the Applecross peninsula on the Scottish mainland. The Inner Sound is the location of BUTEC, a Royal Navy submarine sensor and emissions range.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Nigel Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: sound between the island of Raasay, and the Applecross peninsula of Lochcarron on the Scottish mainland
- Also known as: “An Lighe Ratharsach” and “Inner Sound, Scotland”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arnish and Torran.
Arnish
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arnish is a hamlet, which is situated 4 miles northwest of Inner Sound.
Torran
Hamlet
Photo: Carol Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torran is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ miles northwest of Inner Sound.
Holoman
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holoman is a hamlet, which is situated 6 miles southwest of Inner Sound.
Inner Sound
- Categories: sound and strait
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.41667° or 57° 25′ northLongitude
-5.93333° or 5° 56′ westOpen location code
9C9PC388+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 305639756OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q3045383
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Inner Sound” goes by many names.
- Breton: “An Lighe Ratharsach”
- Catalan: “Inner Sound”
- Cebuano: “Inner Sound (estretso sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Scotland, Highland, lat 57,42, long -5,93)”
- Cebuano: “Inner Sound”
- Cornish: “An Lighe Ratharsach”
- French: “An Lighe Rathairseach”
- French: “Détroit Intérieur”
- French: “Inner Sound”
- Irish: “An Lighe Rathairseach”
- Irish: “An Lighe Ratharsach”
- Manx: “An Lighe Ratharsach”
- Polish: “Inner Sound”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Lighe Rathairseach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Lighe Ratharsach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Inner Sound”
- Swedish: “Inner Sound (sund i Storbritannien, Skottland, Highland, lat 57,42, long -5,93)”
- Swedish: “Inner Sound”
- Welsh: “An Lighe Ratharsach”
- Welsh: “Inner Sound”
- Welsh: “Swnt Mewnol”
- “An Lighe Ratharsach”
- “Inner Sound”
- “Inner Sound - An Lighe Ratharsach”
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