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Tarbert

Tarbert is a village on in the of . With a population of 550, it's the main town and ferry terminal for Harris. It's the ideal base for touring the whole of Harris: you can also tour Lewis but that's quite a drive from here.
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  • Type: Village with 500 residents
  • Description: village on Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “An Tairbeart” and “Tarbert, Harris”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harris and Ardhasaig.

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Lewis and are a single large island in the or Western Isles of Scotland. It's the third largest island in the British Archipelago, only Great Britain and Ireland being larger.

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is a settlement on the western coast of north , in the , Scotland. is also within the parish of Harris, and is situated on the A859 which links Harris with Stornoway. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tarbert.

Tarbert

Latitude
57.898° or 57° 53′ 53″ north
Longitude
-6.7992° or 6° 47′ 57″ west
Population
500
Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB TAB
Open location code
9C9MV6X2+68
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33504323
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2636239
Wiki­data ID
Q2121588
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Tarbert” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Tarbert”
  • Breton: “An Tairbeart”
  • Cebuano: “Tarbert, Harris”
  • Dutch: “Tairbeart”
  • Dutch: “Tarbert”
  • Finnish: “An Tairbeart”
  • Finnish: “Tarbert”
  • French: “Tarbert”
  • German: “Tarbert”
  • Irish: “An Tairbeart”
  • Irish: “Tairbeart”
  • Japanese: “ターバート”
  • Lithuanian: “Tarbert”
  • Lithuanian: “Tarbertas”
  • Persian: “تاربرت، هریس”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Tairbeart”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Tairbeart na Hearadh”
  • Spanish: “Tarbert”
  • Swedish: “Tarbert, Harris”
  • Welsh: “An Tairbeart”
  • Welsh: “Tairbeart na Hearadh”
  • Welsh: “Tairbeart”
  • “An Tairbeart”
  • “Tarbert”

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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 “Tarbert”. Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.