The Summer Isles

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The Summer Isles are an archipelago lying in the mouth of Loch Broom, in the Highland region of Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 58°1'49"N, 5°27'12"W

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The Summer Isles – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Eilean Mullagrach, Tanera Mòr, Tanera Beag, Horse Island.

1.2 miN
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Eilean Mullagrach, Assynt
32 min walk • Eilean Mullagrach is an island in the Summer Isles of Scotland. It is located in Highland council area, in the northwestern part of the country, 800 km northwest of the capital London. It is the most northerly of the Summer Isles. Its area is 29 hectares. It is 150 feet high.
2 miSE
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Tanera Mòr
51 min walk • Tanera Mòr is an uninhabited island in Loch Broom in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the largest of the Summer Isles and was the last inhabited island in that group.
1.5 miS
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Tanera Beag
38 min walk • Tanera Beag or Tanera Beg is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles off north west Scotland. It is called "Tanera Beag" to distinguish it from Tanera Mòr, "Big Tanera".
5 miSE
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Horse Island
128 min walk • Horse Island is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles, in the north west of Scotland. Once inhabited, the island now only supports a herd of wild goats. It rises to a maximum elevation of 60 metres at Sgùrr nan Uan.
1.1 miNE
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Isle Ristol
29 min walk • Isle Ristol, the innermost of the Summer Isles in Scotland, is a Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve. Lying roughly 12 miles north of Ullapool in Wester Ross, it is a tidal island, in Loch an Alltain Duibh, that is separated by a narrow channel from Old Dorney Bay.
3.7 miS
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Eilean Dubh
96 min walk • Eilean Dubh is an uninhabited island in Loch Broom, one of the smaller Summer Isles. It lies about two miles south of Tanera Beag and has probably not been permanently occupied.
5.3 miS
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Priest Island
135 min walk • Priest Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Summer Isles off the west coast of Scotland.
4.8 miS
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Bottle Island
124 min walk • Bottle Island is one of the Summer Isles in Loch Broom, Scotland. So called because of its shape, an alternative name is Eilean Druim Briste, "broken ridge island". It is a popular dive site.