Piers · Scottish Highlands
Harbour Pier
Also known as: Peileag
Harbour Pier is a pier in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Best time of year
- Summer
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Harbour Pier is a seaside pier in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 56.4491°, -6.8920°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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From the Wikipedia article
The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of eight extant species of porpoise. It is one of the smallest species of cetacean. As its name implies, it stays close to coastal areas or river estuaries, and as such, is the most familiar porpoise to whale watchers. This porpoise often ventures up rivers, and has been seen hundreds of kilometres from the sea. The harbour porpoise may be polytypic, with geographically distinct populations representing distinct races: P. p. phocoena in the North Atlantic and West Africa, P. p. relicta in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, an unnamed population in the northwestern Pacific and P. p. vomerina in the northeastern Pacific.
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Background
Description
The harbour porpoise is a little smaller than the other porpoises, at about long at birth, weighing . Adults of both sexes grow to . The females are heavier, with a maximum weight of around compared with the males' . The body is robust, and the animal is at its maximum girth just in front of its triangular dorsal fin. The beak is poorly demarcated. The flippers, dorsal fin, tail fin and back are a dark grey. The sides are a slightly speckled, lighter grey. The underside is much whiter, though there are usually grey stripes running along the throat from the underside of the body. Many anomalously white coloured individuals have been confirmed, mostly in the North Atlantic, but also notably…
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- Coordinates
- 56.4491, -6.8920
- District
- Argyll and Bute
- Postcode
- PA77 6UG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Sources
- osm: w689112292 (ODbL)
- commons: Hynish, Isle of Tiree - Pier - geograph.org.uk - 89483.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- wikipedia: Harbour porpoise (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Harbour Pier?
- Harbour Pier is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode PA77 6UG).
- Is Harbour Pier free to visit?
- Yes, Harbour Pier is free to enter.
- How do I get to Harbour Pier?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PA77 6UG. It sits within the Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber parliamentary constituency.