Kyleakin
Sign in to saveKyleakin (; Scottish Gaelic: Caol Àcain) is a village situated on the east coast of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. The village is along the strait of Kyle Akin, opposite the northwest Scottish mainland town of Kyle of Lochalsh. Kyleakin is within the parish of Strath, also known as Strath Swordale.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kyleakin
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.map_type
- Isle of Skye
- UK place.official_name
- Kyleakin
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Caol Àcain
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.static_image_name
- Kyleakin.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A view of the village, from the Skye Bridge
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.civil_parish
- Strath
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Ross and Cromarty
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NG752263
- UK place.post_town
- ISLE OF SKYE
- UK place.constituency_westminster
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Kyleakin
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Image
- Caol Acain Harbour and Caisteal Maol - geograph.org.uk - 180723.jpg
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- P706
- Isle of Skye
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- P8168
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Kyleakin (; Scottish Gaelic: Caol Àcain) is a village situated on the east coast of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. The village is along the strait of Kyle Akin, opposite the northwest Scottish mainland town of Kyle of Lochalsh. Kyleakin is within the parish of Strath, also known as Strath Swordale.
==History== The etymology of Kyleakin is disputed. The most popular account is that the name is derived from 'Strait of Haakon', named after King Haakon IV of Norway, whose fleet moored there prior to the Battle of Largs in 1263, the battle which ended Norwegian rule of the island. Another possible origin is from Acunn, a Celtic mythological hero.