Dry Island
Dry Island is an inhabited island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland, and part of the Inner Hebrides. Dry Island is translated from the Gaelic name for the Island "Eilean Tioram".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eilean Horrisdale and Gairloch Museum.
Eilean Horrisdale
Island
Photo: Chris Eilbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilean Horrisdale is an uninhabited island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland.
Gairloch Museum
Museum
Photo: Macfack, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gairloch Museum is an independent museum in the Wester Ross region of Scotland. The museum is located in the Highland village of Gairloch, in Achtercairn. Gairloch Museum is situated 2 miles northeast of Dry Island.
Loch Bràigh Horrisdale
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Bràigh Horrisdale is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch in Wester Ross, in the north west of Scotland. The loch lies approximately 2 mi south southeast of the village of Badachro and is close to the Fairy Lochs. Loch Bràigh Horrisdale is situated 2½ miles southeast of Dry Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Badachro and Port Henderson.
Badachro
Village
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Badachro is a former fishing village, in the northwest Highlands of Scotland.
Port Henderson
Village
Port Henderson is a fishing village on the south west shore of the Gair Loch near the village of Gairloch, Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Port Henderson is situated 1½ miles west of Dry Island.
Gairloch
Photo: Dmacle2179, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gairloch is a straggling community along the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 620 in 2020. The land is hilly and farming isn't very productive, but shellfishing remains a traditional occupation.
Dry Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland, UK
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.70097° or 57° 42′ 4″ northLongitude
-5.72385° or 5° 43′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C9PP72G+9FOpenStreetMap ID
way 3494566OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletWikidata ID
Q101004549
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