Sandaig Bay

Sandaig Bay
A bay with a rocky foreshore
Sandaig Bay on a wet night.
Sandaig Bay is located in Lochaber
Sandaig Bay
Sandaig Bay
LocationNG726016
Coordinates57°02′42″N 5°45′53″W / 57.045133°N 5.764828°W / 57.045133; -5.764828
TypeSea loch bay
Primary inflowsSandaig Burn
Ocean/sea sourcesAtlantic Ocean
IslandsEilean Mòr, Fraoch Eilean, Sgeir nan Eun[1]

Sandaig Bay is a coastal embayment, on a chord of 2.04 kilometres (1 mile 471 yards), on a 194° orientation, located on the northwestern end of the sea loch, Loch Nevis, facing the Sound of Sleat. The bay is within the western end of the Knoydart peninsula, in the Lochaber district in the historical county of Inverness-shire on the north west coast of Scotland.[2]

  1. ^ Clyde Cruising Club (22 June 2017). Ardnamurchan to Cape Wrath. Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Limited. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-84623-913-7. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Sandaig Bay". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 22 May 2018.