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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.
There are numerous sea lochs around the Scottish coast, notably down the length of Scotland's western coast. 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.
The name "Rua Reidh" is a semi-anglicisation of "Rubha Rèidh" meaning a flat headland. A lighthouse on Rubh'Re Point was first proposed by David Stevenson in 1853. . Building was started by his son, David Alan Stevenson in 1908 and the light was first lit on 15 January
Norse: Possibly Loch of Tannskári's point. [46] Mainland Orkney 60 150 2 6 ft 7 in North east of Kirkwall, the loch's mean depth is only 1.4 metres (4.6 ft). [47] Loch Tanna Arran: Arran's largest loch is 321 metres above sea level. Loch of Tingwall Norse: Loch of the field of the parliament Mainland Shetland 43 110 12 39 [48]
Ardyne Point is a headland on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.It lies to the south of the town of Dunoon and to the west of the village of Toward.Offshore of the point, the waters of the Kyles of Bute, to the west, and Loch Striven, to the north, meet the Firth of Clyde, to the south and east.