Handa Island
Handa Island is a tourism office in Highland Council, Scotland. Handa Island is situated nearby to the island Glas Leac, as well as near the lake Loch Dornaidh.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Handa Island.
Handa Island
Island
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Handa Island or usually Handa, is an island in Eddrachillis Bay off the west coast of Sutherland, Scotland. It is 309 hectares and 123 metres at its highest point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarbet and Scourie.
Tarbet
Hamlet
Photo: AlastairG, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tarbet is a hamlet in Sutherland, on the west coast of Scotland. It is the nearest port of contact to the Scottish Wildlife Trust's national nature reserve of Handa Island, and a small ferry operates between the two.
Scourie
Village
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Scourie, historically spelled "Scoury", is a village on the north west coast of Scotland, about halfway between Ullapool and Durness. The name comes from the Gaelic word Sheiling or shed, a stone-built place of shelter used during the summer months. Scourie is situated 2 miles south of Handa Island.
Fanagmore
Hamlet
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fanagmore is a hamlet in Sutherland, Highland, in far northwestern Scotland. It lies on the south shore of Loch Laxford, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. Fanagmore is situated 2½ miles northeast of Handa Island.
Handa Island
- Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 9:30 AM—4:30 PM
- Type: Tourism office
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.37624° or 58° 22′ 35″ northLongitude
-5.17393° or 5° 10′ 26″ westOpen location code
9CCP9RGG+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 487414579OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=information
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