๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Port Askaig (Port Asgaig) is a port village on the east coast of the island of Islay, in Scotland. The village lies on the Sound of Islay (Caol รle) across from Jura.
Economy Port Askaig has a hotel, a petrol station and shop next to the port but has very few households. In 2014, it was rated one of the most attractive postcode areas to live in Scotland.
Whisky Port Askaig is also the name of a Scotch whisky range, bottled for Speciality Drinks Ltd. The producing distillery is not officially identified but the whiskies are marketed as Islay single malts.
The distilleries Caol Ila, Ardnahoe and Bunnahabhain are all located to the north of the port.
Water Port Askaig serves as the main port of Islay, sharing passenger services to the Scottish mainland with Port Ellen. It also has a regular service to Feolin, Jura across the Sound of Islay, and in the summer there is also a weekly service via Colonsay to Oban. Port Askaig has been a port for landing passengers and goods to Islay for centuries. Ships which sailed out from West Loch Tarbert on the Kintyre Peninsula have called in at Port Askaig since the 18th century and a steamer service from Glasgow was the running as early as 1825.
Port Askaig is the base of the Islay RNLI lifeboat which is called out ten to twelve times a year.
Port development Between 2003 and 2009 Port Askaig was the site of a ยฃ13.7 million civil engineering project. The work included a new linkspan and other berthing facilities for mainland ferries, new facilities for the Jura ferry, and new car parks and waiting rooms. The redeveloped port was officially re-opened on 10 September 2009 by the Princess Royal.
Transport: Road Port Askaig is situated at the northern end of the Islay section of the A846, which continues south-west to Bowmore, south-east to Port Ellen and finally east to Ardbeg.
Culture: Music Port Askaig is memorialised in the classic 6/8 bagpipe pipe march Leaving Port Askaig.
The Argyll and Bute District has a population of over 86,260 people. Port Askaig is situated near Lochgilphead.
๐ท๐บ Zapadnoye Degunino 55.85
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๐ท๐บ Zelenodolsk 55.85
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ North Lanarkshire 55.829
๐ท๐บ Krasnogorsk 55.827
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๐ฎ๐ช Newtownabbey -5.953
๐ช๐ธ Dos Hermanas -5.928
๐ช๐ธ Jerez de la Frontera -6.135
๐ฎ๐ช Dรบn Laoghaire -6.14
๐ช๐ธ Chiclana de la Frontera -6.15
๐ช๐ธ San Fernando -6.197
๐ช๐ธ El Puerto de Santa Marรญa -6.228
๐ช๐ธ Puerto de Santa Marรญa -6.228
Locations Near: Port Askaig -6.106,55.848
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Lochgilphead -5.432,56.038 d: 47
๐ฎ๐ช Coleraine -6.667,55.017 d: 99
๐ฎ๐ช Ballymena -6.28,54.86 d: 110.4
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Strathclyde -5.033,55.733 d: 68.3
๐ฎ๐ช Antrim -6.212,54.718 d: 125.9
๐ฎ๐ช Newtownabbey -5.953,54.674 d: 130.9
๐ฎ๐ช Magherafelt -6.606,54.755 d: 125.5
๐ฎ๐ช Bangor -5.67,54.663 d: 134.7
๐ฎ๐ช Belfast -5.925,54.597 d: 139.6
๐ฎ๐ช Castlereagh -5.856,54.557 d: 144.5
Antipodal to: Port Askaig 173.894,-55.848
๐ณ๐ฟ Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 18881.8
๐ณ๐ฟ Invercargill 168.373,-46.413 d: 18898.3
๐ณ๐ฟ Queenstown 168.658,-45.033 d: 18757.5
๐ณ๐ฟ Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 18640.9
๐ณ๐ฟ Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 18637
๐ณ๐ฟ Richmond 173.183,-41.333 d: 18400.3
๐ณ๐ฟ Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 18394.3
๐ณ๐ฟ Nelson 173.284,-41.269 d: 18393.4
๐ณ๐ฟ Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18386.5
๐ณ๐ฟ Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18386.5