Luib
Luib is a crofting and fishing settlement on the south east shore of the sea loch, Loch Ainort near Broadford, on the island of Skye in Scotland. It is in the council area of Highland.The settlement of Dunan is 1 mile directly east of Luib, along the A87 coast road.Photo: Bob Tinley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement on Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Lùib” and “Luib, Skye”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eas a’ Bhradain.
Eas a’ Bhradain
Waterfall
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eas a' Bhradain is a waterfall of Scotland. It is located between Marsco and Loch Ainort on the Allt Coire nam Bruadaran of the island of Skye at grid reference NG531262… Eas a’ Bhradain is situated 2 miles southwest of Luib.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dùnan and Moll.
Dùnan
Hamlet
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunan is a settlement on the south shore of the sea loch, Loch na Cairidh near Broadford, on the island of Skye in Scotland and is in the council area of Highland. The village of Luib is less than 1 mile east of Dunan along the A87 road.
Moll
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moll is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles north of Luib.
Sconser
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sconser is a small crofting township on the island of Skye, in Scotland, situated on the south shore of Loch Sligachan. The main A87 road of Skye passes through Sconser and the ferry to Raasay departs from the pier. Sconser is situated 3½ miles northwest of Luib.
Luib
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.27526° or 57° 16′ 31″ northLongitude
-6.04379° or 6° 2′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C9M7XG4+4FOpenStreetMap ID
node 413289887OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q2488391
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Luib” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Luib”
- Dutch: “Luib”
- Irish: “An Lùib”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Lùib”
- “An Lùib”
- “Luib”
- “Lùib”
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