The Minch
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strait between the Inner and Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Key facts
- Location
- Outer Hebrides
- Type
- Strait
- Frozen
- No
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- strait
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Scotland
- Image
- Scottish Highlands.jpg
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- Commons category
- Minch
- historic county
- Ross-shire
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Encyclopedic overview
The Minch (Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhaoil) is a strait in north-west Scotland that separates the mainland from Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides. It was known as Skotlandsfjörð ("Scotland's firth") in Old Norse.
The Minch's southern extension, which separates Skye from the middle islands of the Hebridean chain, is known as the Little Minch. It opens into the Sea of the Hebrides.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Minch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.