Stornoway

Stornoway is the main town on and the admin centre for all of Scotland's . Indeed it's the only town in these islands; it has the best amenities and transport links, and it's the obvious base for exploring both Lewis and Harris.
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  • Type: Town with 4,580 residents
  • Description: town and district on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Сторноуэй”, “স্টোনবাঘ এ তুয়াত”, “ஸ்டார்நோவெ”, “స్ట్రోనోవే”, “ストーノウェー”, “ストーノバ・ア・ジェス”, “ストーノバ・ア・トゥア”, and “史多努威”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Lews Castle and An Lanntair.

Castle
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is a Victorian era castle located west…

Arts center
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is an arts centre in the town of Stornoway in the of Scotland.

Courthouse
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is a judicial building on Lewis Street in Stornoway in Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lewis and Sandwick.

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and Harris are a single large island in the or Western Isles of Scotland.

Village
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is a village in the Scottish …

Village
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is a village in the of Scotland, on the near Stornoway.

Stornoway

Latitude
58.2084° or 58° 12′ 30″ north
Longitude
-6.3881° or 6° 23′ 17″ west
Population
4,580
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
IATA airport code
SYY
UN/LOCODE
GB STO
Open location code
9CCM6J56+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 28088870
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2636790
Wiki­data ID
Q165845
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Stornoway” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Stornoway”
  • Azerbaijani: “Stornavey”
  • Basque: “Steòrnabhagh”
  • Basque: “Stornoway”
  • Belarusian: “Сторнаўэй”
  • Bengali: “স্টোনাবাঘ এ দেস”
  • Breton: “Steòrnabhagh”
  • Catalan: “Stornoway”
  • Cebuano: “Stornoway (kapital sa dapit sa konseho)”
  • Cebuano: “Stornoway”
  • Chinese: “斯多諾威”
  • Chinese: “斯多诺威”
  • Chinese: “斯托诺韦”
  • Cornish: “Steòrnabhagh”
  • Czech: “Stornoway”
  • Danish: “Stornoway”
  • Dutch: “Steòrnabhagh”
  • Estonian: “Stornoway”
  • Finnish: “Steòrnabhagh”
  • Finnish: “Stornoway”
  • French: “Stornoway”
  • German: “Stornoway”
  • Greek: “Στόρνογουεϊ”
  • Gujarati: “સ્ટોર્નોવે”
  • Hebrew: “סטורנוויי”
  • Hungarian: “Stornoway”
  • Icelandic: “Stornoway”
  • Ido: “Stornoway”
  • Irish: “Steórnabhagh”
  • Irish: “Steòrnabhagh”
  • Italian: “Stornoway”
  • Japanese: “ストーノーウェイ”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಟೊನ್ವಾಯ್”
  • Korean: “스토너웨이”
  • Latvian: “Stornoveja”
  • Lithuanian: “Stornovėjus”
  • Luxembourgish: “Stornoway”
  • Manx: “Steornavaie”
  • Northern Frisian: “Stornoway”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stornoway”
  • Norwegian: “Stornoway”
  • Ossetian: “Сторновей”
  • Persian: “استورنووی”
  • Polish: “Stornoway”
  • Portuguese: “Stornoway”
  • Romanian: “Stornoway”
  • Russian: “Сторновей”
  • Scots: “Stornowa”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Steòrnabhagh”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stornoway”
  • Slovenian: “Stornoway”
  • South Azerbaijani: “استورنووی”
  • Spanish: “Stornoway”
  • Swedish: “Stornoway”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்டோர்னோவாய்”
  • Telugu: “స్టోర్నోవే”
  • Ukrainian: “Сторновей”
  • Urdu: “ستورنووے”
  • Welsh: “Steòrnabhagh”
  • Welsh: “Stornoway”
  • Zeeuws: “Stornoway”

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