Loch Scalpaidh

Loch Scalpaidh is a lake in Highland Council, Scotland. Loch Scalpaidh is situated nearby to Loch Palascaig, as well as near the village Erbusaig.

Type: Body of water
Description: lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows south via a watercourse to Loch Alsh
Also known as: “Loch Sgalpaidh”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kyle of Lochalsh railway station and Eilean Bàn.

Kyle of Lochalsh railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sexy Simon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kyle of Lochalsh railway station is the terminus of the Kyle of Lochalsh Line in the village of Kyle of Lochalsh in the Highlands, northern Scotland. The station is 63 miles 64 chains from Dingwall. Kyle of Lochalsh railway station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Loch Scalpaidh.

Eilean Bàn

Island

Photo: Berit, CC BY 2.0.

Eilean Bàn is a six-acre island between Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, in the historic county of Ross and Cromarty in the Highland local government area. Eilean Bàn is situated 2 miles west of Loch Scalpaidh.

Duirinish railway station

Railway station

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Duirinish railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line near the settlement of Duirinish in the Highlands, northern Scotland. Duirinish railway station is situated 1½ miles north of Loch Scalpaidh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Erbusaig and Kyle of Lochalsh.

Erbusaig

Village

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Erbusaig is a small remote township, situated on Erbusaig Bay near Kyle of Lochalsh, Scottish Highlands and is in the council area of Highland. In the language of Gaelic, the village is named after Erb, a Viking who landed in the Bay.

Kyle of Lochalsh

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kyle of Lochalsh is a village in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 590 in 2020. It is just across the water from Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye and was the traditional route to Skye by ferry.

Drumbuie

Hamlet

Drumbuie is a settlement situated less than 1 mile southwest of Duirinish in Lochalsh, Scottish Highlands and is in the council area of Highland. The fishing hamlet of Erbusaig is located less than one mile to the southwest.

Loch Scalpaidh

Category: lake
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.29529° or 57° 17′ 43″ north

Longitude

-5.68582° or 5° 41′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C9P78W7+4M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 44332678

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

Wikidata ID

Q124711242

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