Tarbert, Outer Hebrides

Tarbert, Outer Hebrides

Infobox UK place
official_name= Tarbert
gaelic_name= Tairbeart
latitude= 57.89
longitude= -6.80
country= Scotland
os_grid_reference= NG154999
post_town= ISLE OF HARRIS
postcode_area= HS
postcode_district= HS3
dial_code= 01851
constituency_westminster= Na h-Eileanan an Iar
unitary_scotland= Na h-Eileanan Siar
lieutenancy_scotland= Western Isles
constituency_scottish_parliament= Western Isles

Tarbert ( _gd. Tairbeart) is the main community on Harris in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is also a car ferry terminal to Uig on Skye. Its name means "isthmus".


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