2022

NM1453 : Coll - Nature Reserve - Dunes and path

taken 2 years ago, near to Arileod, Coll, Argyll And Bute, Scotland

Coll - Nature Reserve - Dunes and path
Coll - Nature Reserve - Dunes and path
The path seen in this photo is from the Car Park to Crossapol Bay - though in this image looking back in the former's direction. The grassy sand dunes seen ahead here rise to as much as 50m (164').
Coll (Cola) :: NM2258

The Isle of Coll lies in the Sea of the Hebrides to the west of the much larger island of Mull, and immediately to the northeast of its neighbour, Tiree (Tiriodh).
Coll is much hillier and far less suitable for agriculture than Tiree, though the latter has slightly higher hills at its western edge whereas Coll has a distribution of c.60m hills over much of its terrain. Its highest point, Ben Hogh, achieving just 106m (348'). This difference in topography results in Coll having less than a third of the population of its neighbour.
Whereas Tiree is criss-crossed by a network of roads and lanes, Coll only really has one major road with a few (dead-end) 'branches'. Like Tiree, it is famed for its beaches, especially along its northwest coast and the massive expanse of dunes at the southwest of the island between Feall and Crossapol Bays.
Just off the SW coast is the small uninhabited island of Gunna (69ha, 170 acres (c.¼ mile²)) and off its NE coast a collection of uninhabited islets, the "Cairns of Coll" the largest of which is Eilean Mòr (c.18ha, 45 acres)
Statistics (Coll main island)
Area: 7,685ha (29.67 miles²)
Population: 195 (2011 census)
Density 2.537/km² (6.572/mile²)
Highest Point: Ben Hogh, 106m (348')
Principal settlement: Arinagour (with about ¼ of the island's population)


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Geographical Context: Coastal Island: Coll Primary Subject: Dune Place: Breachacha other tags: Nature Reserve Sand Dunes Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Crossapol Bay [3] · Ahead [2] · Path [2] ·
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Photographer
Rob Farrow   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 29 June, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 11 August, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 1489 5386 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:35.3820N 6:38.7503W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 1513 5344
View Direction
North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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