Barra Head
Barra Head is a cape in Western Isles, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barra Head Island and Mingulay.
Barra Head Island
Island
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Barra Head, also known as Berneray, is the southernmost island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Within the Outer Hebrides, it forms part of the Barra Isles archipelago.
Mingulay
Island
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Mingulay is the second largest of the Bishop's Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Located 12 nautical miles south of Barra, it is known for an extensive Gaelic oral tradition incorporating folklore, song and stories and its important seabird populations, including puffins, black-legged kittiwakes, and razorbills, which nest in the sea-cliffs, amongst the highest in the British Isles.
Barra Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barra Head Lighthouse on Barra Head identifies the southern entrance to The Minch, roughly halfway between the Eilean Glas and Rinns of Islay lighthouses.
Barra Head
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Ceann Bharraigh”
- Category: landform
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.7791° or 56° 46′ 45″ northLongitude
-7.6365° or 7° 38′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C8JQ9H7+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 610614536OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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