The Kyle (narrows) of Loch Alsh and the Skye Bridge
Loch Alsh
Location
Wester Ross, Highland Region, Scotland
Coordinates
57°16′N5°40′W / 57.27°N 5.66°W / 57.27; -5.66
Lake type
Sea loch
Primary inflows
Loch Long (Highlands), Loch Duich
Primary outflows
Inner Sound, Scotland
Basin countries
Scotland
Max. length
12 km (7.5 mi)
Max. width
2.5 km (1.6 mi)
Surface elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Settlements
Kyle of Lochalsh, Ardelve, Balmacara
Loch Alsh (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Aillse, "foaming lake"[1]) is a sea inlet between the isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides and the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The name is also used to describe the surrounding country and the feudal holdings around the loch. The area is rich in history, and is increasingly popular with tourists.
The hilly country around Loch Alsh has a temperate, well-watered climate. There is some pasture and woodland, but much of the area is moorland. The rocks are ancient Precambrian Gneiss, some of the oldest in the world, much eroded.
^"Placename Gazetter"[permanent dead link] Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Retrieved 24 August 2010
LochAlsh (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Aillse, "foaming lake") is a sea inlet between the isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides and the Northwest Highlands of Scotland...
side of LochAlsh - and of Loch Duich - between Loch Carron and Loch Hourn, ie. from Stromeferry in the north on Loch Carron down to Corran on Loch Hourn...
Duich, Loch Long, and Loch Alsh. A legend connected with Loch Duich states that three brothers who went fishing at the loch one night became enraptured...
tidal island situated at the confluence of three sea lochs (Loch Duich, Loch Long and LochAlsh) in the western Highlands of Scotland, about 1 kilometre...
Inverness. It is located on the Lochalsh peninsula, at the entrance to LochAlsh, opposite the village of Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye. A ferry used to...
(Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid an Eilein Sgitheanaich) is a road bridge over LochAlsh, Scotland, connecting the Isle of Skye to the island of Eilean Bàn. The...
and brittlestar beds in the sea lochs and in 2012 a bed of 100 million flame shells was found during a survey of LochAlsh. Grey Seals can be seen off the...
of Scotland (2006 census). It is near the meeting point of Loch Duich, LochAlsh and Loch Long. The A87, the main road to Skye, passes just outside the...
a south-south west direction for 19+1⁄2 miles (31.5 kilometres) from LochAlsh. It is widest (7+3⁄4 mi or 12.5 km) at the south-west entrance and narrows...
Glas Eilean, Sgeir Dubh LochAlsh: Sgeir na Caillich Soay: Na Gamhnaichean Wiay: None Wester Ross: LochAlsh: Glas Eilean Loch Long: À Ghlas-sgeir, Sheep...
Loch Anna is a small, upland, freshwater loch approximately 2.4 km (1.5 mi) north of LochAlsh at Ardelve, in Lochalsh, Scotland. It lies in a northwest...
village in Highland, Scotland, on LochAlsh. It overlooks the Eilean Donan Castle, which is in Dornie, also on LochAlsh, to the east of Skye. A caravan...
Oykel among plantation woodland. The loch's name likely derives from the same Scottish Gaelic root as LochAlsh, Loch Aillse, meaning "foaming lake". Benmore...
Housing is limited. Croft in Upper Ardelve, a Highland settlement on LochAlsh (2007). Image shows farmhouse behind a modest livestock shed. Cows graze...
lying on Nostie Bay, an inlet at the northeastern end of the sea loch, LochAlsh in the Scottish Highlands and is in the council area of Highland. Nostie...
Skye is a community based station that broadcast to the Isle Of Skye and LochAlsh on 106.2 FM and 102.7 FM. Portree is the location of the only secondary...
the Isle of Lewis from its former Clan MacLeod of Lewis rulers and also LochAlsh from the MacDonells. The Battle of Morar in 1602 was fought between the...
from the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the southwest to LochAlsh in the northeast, separating the Isle of Skye from Inverness-shire on...
(Scottish Gaelic: Baile Mac Ara) is a scattered village on the north shore of LochAlsh near Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross-shire, Highland and is in the Scottish council...
"Upper Land") is a village, lying half a mile from the north shore of LochAlsh near Kyle of Lochalsh, in the Highlands and is in the Scottish council...
Victoria Humber Estuary 19 May 1940 Sunk by naval mine HMS Port Napier (M32) LochAlsh, Scotland 27 November 1940 Destroyed by explosion/engine room fire HMS...
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