Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: Outer Hebrides

A day on Quinag - photo 22 . A westerly view from Sàil Gharbh over the Stoer peninsula and the Minch to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. In the foreground, the pale grey Cambrian Basal Quartzite capping the summit of Sàil Gharbh appears almost dazzling white in the sunshine and contrasts with the red Torridonian Sandstone of the Sàil Ghorm ridge in the middle distance.

Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK Group. View northeast from Bàgh Steinigie between Scarista and Borve, at Nat. Grid Ref. NG 021 940, looking northeastwards over the nameless beach towards Rubha Sgeir nan Sgarbh - the low grass-covered headland in the middle distance. The stretch of water leading into the distance is the Sound of Taransay with the island of Taransay visible on the extreme left. The dark cloud-covered mountains of central Harris are on the far skyline. Taken with a Zenit 'E' on Kodacolor film and scanned from a print.

Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK Group. It was blowing very hard when I took this. This is a view from the summit of Suaineabhal (429m) in West Lewis, looking southwards over Loch Gruineabhat to the mountains of North Harris. Clisham (An Cliseam) is the left-most peak of the centre group which at 799m, is the highest mountain in the Western Isles. Suaineabhal is one of the lesser mountains of West Lewis, but a still a grand and rewarding climb, and its relative isolation from other hills makes for superb views all round from the summit. This is a starkly beautiful, remote landscape, little changed since the retreat of the last ice sheet 11,500 years ago. And now they want to cover it with wind turbines. Grrrrrrr!!!!! Suaineabhal is pronounced something like SWAIN-a-vahl

Originally posted for the Guesswhere UK group, scanned from a print that wasn't too good to begin with. This is Uig Sands (Camas Uig) looking WNW from the top of Suainaval, on West Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. At 429 m high, Suainaval is one of the lesser mountains of west Lewis, but a still a grand and rewarding climb, and its relative isolation from other hills makes for superb views all round from the summit.

Originally posted for the Guess Where UK group. Taken with a Zenit E camera on Kodacolor film; scanned from a 10" x 8" print.

Originally posted for the Guesswhere UK group. The most northerly point of the Western Isles, the Butt of Lewis, is just around the headland on the right of the photo.