Lochan Dubh
Lochan Dubh is in Highland Council, Scotland. Lochan Dubh is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Meall an Fheadain, as well as near the peak Meall a‘ Chaisteil.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Loch Vatachan and Isle Ristol.
Loch Vatachan
Lake
Loch Vatachan or more correctly in Gaelic Loch Bhatachan is a freshwater loch in Wester Ross, Scotland, just over a kilometre north of Achiltibuie. The name is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic bhàthaichean, meaning "of the byre" i.e.
Isle Ristol
Island
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Isle Ristol, the innermost of the Summer Isles in Scotland, is a Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve. Lying roughly 12 miles north of Ullapool in Wester Ross, it is a tidal island, in Loch an Alltain Duibh, that is separated by a narrow channel from Old Dorney Bay. Isle Ristol is situated 2 miles west of Lochan Dubh.
Eilean a‘ Bhuic
Island
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilean a‘ Bhuic is an island, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Lochan Dubh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polbain and Coigach.
Polbain
Village
Photo: Ann Hodgson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Polbain is a remote crofting township, located on the north Badentarbat Bay on the west coast of Scotland, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Coigach
Locality
Photo: paddy heron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coigach is a peninsula north of Ullapool, in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The area consists of a traditional crofting and fishing community of a couple of hundred houses located between mountain and shore on a peninsula looking over the Summer Isles and the sea.
Altandhu
Village
Altandhu is a small hamlet, overlooking the sea loch, Loch an Alltain Duibh to the west, on the western shore of the Rubha Mor Peninsula, in the Achiltibuie area, in Ullapool, Ross-shire, Scotland, within the Scottish council area of Highland. Altandhu is situated 1½ miles northwest of Lochan Dubh.
Lochan Dubh
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.04101° or 58° 2′ 28″ northLongitude
-5.38467° or 5° 23′ 5″ westOpen location code
9CCP2JR8+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 201324484OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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