Loch Scalan
Loch Scalan is a lake in Western Isles, Scotland. Loch Scalan is situated nearby to the locality Creag Scalan, as well as near Gleann Seilisdeir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Flodday and Hermetray.
Flodday
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flodday is an uninhabited island in Loch Maddy, North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The area of the island is recorded as 50 hectares in Rick Livingstone's tables, although it is not listed by Hamish Haswell-Smith in his tabulation of Scottish islands greater in size than 40 hectares.
Hermetray
Island
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hermetray is an uninhabited island off North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Tahay
Island
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tahay is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The name originates from the Old Norse tagg-øy meaning island with a prominent hill. At 53 hectares in area and with a central peak of 65 metres, it is the largest of the group of uninhabited islands off the north east coast of North Uist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochmaddy and Weavers Point.
Lochmaddy
Village
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Uist is an island in the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It measures 20 miles north-south, 25 miles east-west, and is separated from Benbecula to the south by a tidal ford, nowadays bridged by a causeway.
Weavers Point
Locality
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weavers Point is a headland to the north of the entrance to Loch Maddy, on the north eastern coastline of North Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland. There has been a lighthouse on the headland since 1980.
Loch Scalan
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.6245° or 57° 37′ 28″ northLongitude
-7.0892° or 7° 5′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C9JJWF6+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
way 360938274OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Creag Scalan and Gleann Seilisdeir.
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Highlights include Beinn an Fhaireachaidh and Loch na Maighdein.
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