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Loch Ewe (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Iùbh) is a sea loch in the region of Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.The shores are inhabited by a traditionally Gàidhlig-speaking people [1] living in or sustained by crofting villages, [2] the most notable of which, situated on the north-eastern shore, is the Aultbea settlement.
Map of the Isle of Ewe. The Isle of Ewe is located in Loch Ewe, west of Aultbea in the Ross and Cromarty district of the Highland Region.The island is made up of two principal types of sandstone (Torridonian with acidic soil in the north, Permian or Triassic with more fertile soil in the south) and the shore line varies from flat pebble beaches to cliffs.
This loch lies at 33 metres (108 ft) above sea level, is over 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) long and is at the head of the Grimersta system. Loch Langavat Gaelic/Norse: Long lake Harris: Loch Leathan Gaelic: Broad Loch Skye This loch to the east of Portree, which includes Loch Fada, is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long. Loch Mealt: Skye
A sea loch is a tidal inlet of the sea which may range in size from a few hundred metres across to a major body of seawater several tens of kilometres in length and more than 2 or 3 kilometres wide. Other tidal inlets include firths , voes and bays.
Convoy RA 55B was an Arctic convoy during World War II.It was one of a series of convoys run to return Allied ships from Soviet northern ports to ports in Britain.It sailed at the end of December 1943, reaching British ports in early January 1944.
The Village of Loch Lloyd ‘s notable expansion continues with the addition of Stonehaven at Loch Lloyd. Offering a new west gate; wooded, acreage homesites; and limited lots located in Johnson ...
A panoramic view of Loch Ewe looking North with the villages of Aultbea, Ormiscaig and Mellon Charles visible along the Western shore, the Isle of Ewe is a little further out. Convoy PQ 11 assembled at Loch Ewe in Scotland and sailed on 6 February 1942 for Kirkwall in the Orkneys , where storms prevented the convoy from sailing until 14 ...
Loch Ewe to Archangel [15] Name Year Flag GRT Notes SS Africander: 1921 Panama: 5,441: Sunk in air attack MV Atheltemplar: 1930 United Kingdom: 8,992: Damaged by U-457 Sunk by U-408, 16 casualties SS Beauregard: 1920 United States: 5,976: Engine trouble, returned Loch Ewe [16] SS Campfire: 1919 United States: 5,671: SS Charles R. McCormick ...