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Tongue (Scottish Gaelic: Tunga from Old Norse: Tunga) is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, [2] in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal on the A836. To the north lies the area of Braetongue.
The Kyle of Tongue (Scottish Gaelic: Caol Thunga) is a shallow sea loch [2] in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of Sutherland. Featuring a rocky coastline, its mouth is formed at Tongue Bay. The community of Tongue is situated on the Kyle's eastern shore and the loch is crossed by the Kyle of Tongue Bridge and Causeway.
Scullomie is a small fishing and crofting township at the head of Tongue Bay in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. It is located around 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the village of Tongue on the northern coast of Scotland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The place name is spelled Skullomie on some Ordnance Survey maps. [1]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 13:22, 24 February 2011: 1,425 × 1,166 (2.59 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Map of Sutherland, UK in 2011, with the following information shown: *Ward boundaries *Coastline and lakes *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 180
Ben Loyal (from Scottish Gaelic Beinn Laghail) [1] is an isolated mountain of 764 m in Sutherland, the northwestern tip of the Scottish Highlands.It is a Corbett located south of the Kyle of Tongue and offers good views of the Kyle, Loch Loyal to the east, and Ben Hope to the west.
The causeway is 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) long and it crosses a natural island, Tongue Island (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Thunga). [4] [5] The 183-metre-long (600 ft) bridge is at the western end of the causeway and it has eighteen spans supported by twin piers. [4] [6] The bridge was fully refurbished in 2011. [6] [7]
Achuvoldrach (Scottish Gaelic: Achadh a’ Mholltairich) [1] is a small remote village on the west shore of the Kyle of Tongue in Sutherland, in the Highland region of Scotland. [2] Achuvoldrach is linked to the village of Tongue by the Kyle of Tongue Causeway across the sea loch, on a west to east orientation.
A' Mhòine (Scottish Gaelic: [ә.ˈvɔːɲә]), variously anglicised as the Moine, [2] [3] the Moin, [4] or the Mhoine, [5] is a peninsula in the north of Sutherland in the Highlands, Scotland. The peninsula is bounded to the west by Loch Eriboll, and to the east by the Kyle of Tongue. The A838 road crosses the peninsula on an east–west axis ...