Cuil Lochain
Cuil Lochain is a bay in Highland Council, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Falls of Kirkaig and Soyea Island.
Falls of Kirkaig
Waterfall
Photo: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Falls of Kirkaig are a waterfall in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the county of Sutherland. The fall is located on the River Kirkaig, south by southeast of the village of Lochinver, on the main approach footpath to Suilven mountain.
Soyea Island
Island
Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Soyea Island or Soyea is an uninhabited rocky island at the mouth of Loch Inver, in Assynt, Sutherland, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. It is three nautical miles west of Lochinver and two nautical miles south-southwest of Achmelvich.
Loch Osgaig
Lake
Loch Osgaig is a small remote and deep freshwater loch, orientated on north-west to south-east axis, that is located 1 miles south of Enard Bay and 2 mile northeast of Achiltibuie and immediately north west of Loch Bad a' Ghaill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochinver and North West Highlands Geopark.
Lochinver
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Lochinver is a small fishing village in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 651 in 2011. It's about 30 miles north of Ullapool. Lochinver starkly illustrates the plight of Scotland's fishing industry: many foreign trawlers land their catch here, but hardly any Scottish boats still operate.
North West Highlands Geopark
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North West Highlands Geopark is a UNESCO Geopark in Caithness and Sutherland in the north-west Scottish Highlands. The 2,000 km2 Geopark has coastal cliffs, beaches, mountains caves and waterfalls and a variety of unique geological features.
Achiltibuie
Achiltibuie is a community straggling along the west coast of Ross and Cromarty, north of Ullapool in the Scottish Highlands. As well as the village, the name applies to all the coast between Achduart and Reiff, taking in the hamlets of Polglass, Polbain and Altandhu.Cuil Lochain
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.0997° or 58° 5′ 59″ northLongitude
-5.2739° or 5° 16′ 26″ westOpen location code
9CCP3PXG+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 8636529306OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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