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The Minch, Ullapool

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The Minch (Scottish Gaelic: An Cuan Sgitheanach, An Cuan Sgìth, Cuan na Hearadh, An Cuan Leòdhasach), also called North Minch, is a strait in north-west Scotland, separating the north-west Highlands and the northern Inner Hebrides from Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides. It was known as Skotlandsfjörð ("Scotland's fjord/firth") in Old Norse.
The Lower Minch (an Cuan Canach), also known as the Little Minch, is the Minch's southern extension, separating Skye from the lower Outer Hebrides: North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, Barra etc. It opens into the Sea of the Hebrides. The Little Minch is the northern limit of the Sea of the Hebrides.
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  • This is a great body of water. You will go through it if going to Stornoway on the boat. Its very picturesque and pretty. 
    This is a great body of water. You will go through it if going to Stornoway on the boat. Its very picturesque and pretty.  more »
  • The Minch is a body of water that leads through Ullapool. There are stunning nature and the views are fantastic. 
    The Minch is a body of water that leads through Ullapool. There are stunning nature and the views are fantastic.  more »

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