Port an Sgùmain
Port an Sgùmain is a bay in Highland Council, Scotland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Eilean Horrisdale and Longa Island.
Eilean Horrisdale
Island
Photo: Chris Eilbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilean Horrisdale is an uninhabited island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland.
Longa Island
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longa Island is a small uninhabited island at the mouth of Loch Gairloch, on the west coast of Scotland. Longa is nearly one mile in length with an area of 126 hectares and a maximum elevation of 70 metres above sea level.
Dry Island
Islet
Dry Island is an inhabited island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland, and part of the Inner Hebrides. Dry Island is translated from the Gaelic name for the Island "Eilean Tioram".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gairloch and Redpoint.
Gairloch
Photo: Dmacle2179, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gairloch is a straggling community along the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 620 in 2020. The land is hilly and farming isn't very productive, but shellfishing remains a traditional occupation.
Redpoint
Hamlet
Redpoint is a small settlement in the north west of Highland, Scotland. It takes its name from Red Point, a low promontory to the south, which marks a turn in the coastline from facing west to south east as it becomes Loch Torridon.
Badachro
Village
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Badachro is a former fishing village, in the northwest Highlands of Scotland.
Port an Sgùmain
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Port a‘ Bhaile Shìos” and “Port an Sgaomain”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.698° or 57° 41′ 53″ northLongitude
-5.7782° or 5° 46′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C9PM6XC+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 8384269297OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Localities in the Area
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