Loch Bracadale
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Skye
Skye or the Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills...
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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Loch Bracadale and its associated inner lochs - Harport, Vatten, Caroy, Bharcasaig, na Faolinn and Loch Beag - form one of the largest areas of semi-enclosed inshore waters around the Skye coast. The shallow waters are exploited for fish and mussel farms as well as scallop diving. The loch contains Harlosh Island
Harlosh Island
Harlosh Island is an island in Loch Bracadale just off the coast of the Minginish and Harlosh peninsulas of Skye in Scotland.The island is about in extent and the coastline, which is largely cliff-lined, has a cave on the west coast. At low tide it is only about from mainland Skye...
, Tarner Island
Tarner Island
Tarner Island is a triangular shaped island in Loch Bracadale just off the coast off the Harlosh peninsula of Skye in Scotland. It is about in extent.The coastline is largely cliff-lined and rocky and there is a natural arch to the north...
, Wiay
Wiay, Skye
Wiay is an uninhabited island in Loch Bracadale in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.Wiay lies west of the Isle of Skye, off the Skye coast, near the village of Ullinish. It is the largest island in Loch Bracadale, with an area of...
and the tidal island of Oronsay
Oronsay, Loch Bracadale
Oronsay is a tidal island in Loch Bracadale on the west coast of Skye, Scotland. At low water the island is connected to Ullinish Point on Skye.-Footnotes:...
off Ullinish point.
Just beyond Idrigill Point on the west are sea stacks known as Macleod's Maidens.