An Torc
An Torc is an islet in Western Isles, Scotland. An Torc is situated nearby to the peak Ruaival, as well as near the military installation MOD Hebrides (Mulloch Sgar Site).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ruaival and Dùn.
Dùn
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dùn is an island in St Kilda, Scotland. It is nearly 1 mile long. Its name simply means "fort" in Scottish Gaelic, but the fort itself has been lost – old maps show it on Gob an Dùin, which is at the seaward end.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Kilda and Glen Mor.
St Kilda
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Kilda is a small archipelago in the Atlantic, 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland, of which it's administratively part. Hirta is the main island, and there is no island called St Kilda.
An Torc
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.80223° or 57° 48′ 8″ northLongitude
-8.58367° or 8° 35′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C9HRC28+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 254317326OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Highlights include MOD Hebrides (Mulloch Sgar Site) and Tobar na Cille.
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