Ardnamurchan

Ardnamurchan
Àird nam Murchan (Scottish Gaelic)
Peninsula
Satellite photo of Ardnamurchan
Satellite photo of Ardnamurchan
Ardnamurchan is located in Scotland
Ardnamurchan
Coordinates: 56°44′N 5°59′W / 56.733°N 5.983°W / 56.733; -5.983
Grid positionNM 56462 67273
LocationLochaber; Highland; Scotland
Native nameÀird nam Murchan (Scottish Gaelic)

Ardnamurchan (/ˌɑːrdnəˈmɜːrxən/, Scottish Gaelic: Àird nam Murchan [aːrˠʃtʲ ˈmuɾuxan]) is a 50-square-mile (130-square-kilometre) peninsula in the ward management area of Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, noted for being very unspoiled and undisturbed. Its remoteness is accentuated by the main access route being a single track road for much of its length. The most westerly point of mainland Great Britain, Corrachadh Mòr, is in Ardnamurchan.

From 1930 to 1975 Ardnamurchan also gave its name to a landward district of Argyll, which covered a much wider area, including the districts of Morvern, Sunart and Ardgour.