East Loch Tarbert
| East Loch Tarbert | ||
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 View over East Loch Tarbert |
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| Waters | Scottish Sea | |
| Land mass | Lewis and Harris | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 52 ′ 20 ″ N , 6 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| width | approx. 7 km | |
| depth | approx. 8 km | |
| Islands | Eileanan Diraclett , Greineim , Hamarsay , Or Eilean , Rossay , Scalpay , Scotasay , Stilamair , Stiughay , Stiughay na Leum | |
East Loch Tarbert is a bay on the east coast of the Scottish Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris . As part of Harris, it was historically part of the traditional county of Inverness-shire .
geography
At its entrance about seven kilometers, East Loch Tarbert tapers to a width of about 100 meters at its head. The bay enters the land mass about eight kilometers and ends at Tarbert , the capital of Harris , the southern part of the twin island of Lewis and Harris. Together with the opposite West Loch Tarbert , the bay forms the only around 700 meters wide isthmus on which Tarbert is situated, which separates North and South Harris.
Scalpay, its largest island, is located in the entrance to East Loch Tarbert . The islands of Eileanan Diraclett , Greineim , Hamarsay , Or Eilean , Rossay , Scotasay , Stilamair , Stiughay , Stiughay na Leum are grouped essentially along the south coast of Scalpay . Near the head of the bay, the A859 runs a short distance along the south bank of the bay.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Tarbert, Loch, East and West in: FH Groome (Ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
