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Uig is situated partly on the raised beach around the head of the bay and partly on the steep slopes behind it. Two watercourses enter the bay at Uig: the River Rha from the north and the River Conon which drains Glen Uig to the east. The lower courses of both of these small rivers are characterised by waterfalls.
Trotternish (Scottish Gaelic: Tròndairnis) [2] is the northernmost peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland, spanning in length from Portree to Rubha Hunish. The Trotternish escarpment runs almost the full length of the peninsula, some 30 kilometres (20 miles), [ 3 ] and contains landmarks such as the Old Man of Storr and the Quiraing .
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 11:20, 4 February 2011: 1,334 × 1,424 (1.56 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Blank map of the Isle of Skye, UK, as well as the adjacent islands, with the following information shown: *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84
The Uig Tower is a round tower of two floors and was built in Norman style. The tower has narrow vertical slits instead of windows. The tower has narrow vertical slits instead of windows. The gaps resemble loopholes of a castle through which arrows could be fired on attackers, although it has no defensive function and was built purely as a show ...
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Uig, Coll, a hamlet on the island of Coll, Argyll and Bute, Scotland; Uig, Duirinish, a hamlet near Totaig, on the Isle of Skye, Highland Scotland; Uig, Lewis, a civil parish on the western cost of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland; Uig, Snizort, a village and ferry port on the Trotternish peninsula, Isle of Skye, Highland Scotland
The A87 is a major road in the Highland region of Scotland.. It runs west from its junction with the A82 road at Invergarry), along the north shores of Loch Garry and Loch Cluanie, then down through Glen Shiel and along Loch Duich to Kyle of Lochalsh before crossing the Skye Bridge to Kyleakin, Broadford, and Portree, before terminating at Uig in the north of the Isle of Skye.
Kingsburgh (Gaelic: Cinnseaborgh [1]) is a scattered crofting township, overlooking Loch Snizort Beag on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the council area of Highland. Kingsburgh is located 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (9 kilometres) south of Uig.