Lochan Saile
Lochan Saile is a bay in Highland Council, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Calbha Beag and Meall Beag.
Calbha Beag
Islet
Photo: John Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calbha Beag is an uninhabited island in Eddrachillis Bay, off Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. It is immediately to the west of Calbha Mor. An estimate of the area from Ordnance Survey suggest a figure of about 31 hectares, although it has been listed by Rick Livingstone as totalling 45 hectares, possibly including areas exposed at low tide.
Handa Island
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Scourie and Tarbet.
Scourie
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Foindle
Hamlet
Foindle is a village on the south shore of Loch Laxford in Lairg, Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Fanagmore is located 0.5 miles to the west, and sit in the same cove.
Lochan Saile
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.323° or 58° 19′ 23″ northLongitude
-5.1532° or 5° 9′ 12″ westOpen location code
9CCP8RFW+5POpenStreetMap ID
node 8640035311OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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