The Minch

Water type: Sea
Connection to the ocean: Atlantic Ocean
Continent: Europe
Climate: Temperate

The Minch is a strait in north-west Scotland that separates the mainland from Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides.

The Minch’s southern extension, which separates Skye from the middle islands of the Hebridean chain, is known as the Little Minch. It opens into the Sea of the Hebrides.