๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Staffin is a district with the Gaelic name An Taobh Sear, which translates as "the East Side", on the north-east coast of the Trotternish peninsula of the island of Skye. It is located on the A855 road about 17 miles (27 kilometres) north of Portree and is overlooked by the Trotternish Ridge with the famous rock formations of The Storr and the Quiraing. The district comprises 23 townships made up of, from south to north, Rigg, Tote, Lealt, Lonfearn, Grealin, Breackry, Cul-nan-cnoc, Bhaltos, Raiseburgh, Ellishadder, Garafad, Clachan, Garros, Marrishader, Maligar, Stenscholl, Brogaig, Sartle, Glasphein, Digg, Dunan, Flodigarry and Greap. The Kilmartin River runs northwards through the village. From where it reaches the sea a rocky shore leads east to a slipway at An Corran. Here a local resident found a slab bearing a dinosaur track, probably made by a small ornithopod. Experts subsequently found more dinosaur prints of up to 50 cm, the largest found in Scotland, made by a creature similar to Megalosaurus. At about 160 million years old they are the youngest dinosaur remains to be found in Scotland.
A Mesolithic hunter-gatherer site dating to the 7th millennium BC at An Corran is one of the oldest archaeological sites in Scotland. Its occupation is probably linked to that of the rock shelter at Sand, Applecross on the coast of Wester Ross.
In the modern era this part of Skye retains a strong Gaelic identity with 61 per cent of the local population recorded as speaking the language in 2001. In September 2010, Comunn na Gร idhlig named Staffin as their "Gaelic Community of the Year", in the first year this competition has run. Also in September 2010, Highland Council announced the launch of a consultation into a plan to convert the local primary into a Gaelic medium school. This would be the second such conversion in Scotland, after Bun-sgoil Shlรจite. Only 5 out of the school's thirty pupils have English as their only language, with the remainder being bilingual English and Gaelic speakers.
In 2011 it was reported that Staffin Island may be the last in Scotland where the old tradition of having cattle swim between grazings is still carried out. Crofter Iain MacDonald, who used to swim with the animals, now uses a boat to encourage them to swim from Staffin Island to Skye in early spring and back again in October.
Staffin has a population of over 568 people. Staffin also forms part of the wider Skye Isle which has a population of over 10,008 people. It is also a part of the larger Highland Region. Staffin is situated 211 km west of Inverness.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Elgin 57.653
๐ธ๐ช Gothenburg 57.705
๐ธ๐ช Jรถnkรถping 57.782
๐ท๐บ Nizhny Tagil 57.908
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Inverness 57.48
๐ช๐ธ San Fernando -6.197
๐ช๐ธ Chiclana de la Frontera -6.15
๐ฎ๐ช Dรบn Laoghaire -6.14
๐ช๐ธ Jerez de la Frontera -6.135
Locations Near: Staffin -6.2067,57.6264
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Lochgilphead -5.432,56.038 d: 182.8
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Inverness -4.226,57.48 d: 119.3
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Greenock -4.765,55.95 d: 206
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Strathclyde -5.033,55.733 d: 222.4
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Dumbarton -4.57,55.943 d: 212
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ North Ayrshire -4.783,55.667 d: 234.6
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Renfrew -4.438,55.89 d: 221.1
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Irvine -4.661,55.62 d: 242.3
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Paisley -4.417,55.833 d: 227.3
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Kilmarnock -4.51,55.609 d: 247.2
Antipodal to: Staffin 173.793,-57.626
๐ณ๐ฟ Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 18689.9
๐ณ๐ฟ Invercargill 168.373,-46.413 d: 18715.2
๐ณ๐ฟ Queenstown 168.658,-45.033 d: 18571
๐ณ๐ฟ Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 18444
๐ณ๐ฟ Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 18441.5
๐ณ๐ฟ Richmond 173.183,-41.333 d: 18202.9
๐ณ๐ฟ Nelson 173.284,-41.269 d: 18195.9
๐ณ๐ฟ Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 18196.5
๐ณ๐ฟ Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18188.7
๐ณ๐ฟ Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18188.7