Skye est l’île la plus importante des Hébrides Intérieures. La côte du Wester Ross est découpé par une série de lochs de mer, tels que les Lochs Ewe, Torridon et Carron. Au sud s’étend le Loch Damph.
Skye, die Hauptinsel der inneren Hebriden, ist so von Buchten durchzogen, daß man an keinem Punkt auf ihr weiter als 8 km vom Meer entgernt ist. Ein Bergbach verbindet Loch Torrudon und Loch Damph (rechts).
Skye
Loch Damph and Ben Shieldaig
Skye, often called the ‘misty isle’ for the craggy summits of the Cuillin Mountains are often wreathed in mist, is the principal island of the Inner Hebrides. Skye is fringed with sea-lochs which divide the island into a number of peninsulas and no point is more than five miles from the sea. The scenery is without doubt unsurpassed anywhere in the British Isles and thousands of visitors cross from the mainland every year. The capital is Portree, a name which recalls a visit paid to the island by James V.
The coast of Wester Ross is indented by a series of fine sea-lochs, of which the largest are Loch Ewe, Loch Torridon and Loch Carron. Loch Torridon gives access to Glen Torridon, to the north of which rises Liathach, one of Scotland’s finest mountains. It consists of steep terraces of Torridon sandstone with a striking corrie on the northern side. These sandstone peaks, often topped with white quartzite, present an almost theatrical quality when the setting sun falls on them, and they form a most lovely background to the waters of the lochs.
To the south of Upper Loch Torridon and connected to it by a tumbling stream is Loch Damph, backed by the peak of Ben Shieldaig.