Stein
Stein is a small settlement on Waternish, the middle peninsula of the north coast of Skye, in the Scottish Hebrides. It's scenic but tiny. More visitor facilities can be found a few miles east at Edinbane, which lies along the main road between Portree and Dunvegan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: crofting township on the isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland
- Also known as: “Lochbay” and “Stein, Skye”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sgeir nam Biast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gillen and Halistra.
Gillen
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gillen is a hamlet on the Waternish peninsula of the island of Skye in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Halistra
Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halistra, is a small crofting township located on the west coast of the Waternish peninsula, overlooking Loch Bay, on the island of Skye, Scotland. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Halistra is situated 2 miles northwest of Stein.
Stein
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.5175° or 57° 31′ 3″ northLongitude
-6.5714° or 6° 34′ 17″ westElevation
213 feet (65 metres)Open location code
9C9MGC9H+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 8888141384OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Stein” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Stein”
- Dutch: “Stein”
- Irish: “Steinn”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Stein”. Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.