Mealt Falls - tumbling into the sea
There is something very "fantasy world" about waterfalls that fall straight off the edge of the world. But they do exist, and Britain's most charismatic example is Mealt Falls on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
The waterfall is fed by Loch Mealt - an inland fresh-water loch close to the sea on the eastern side of the Trotternish peninsula. The loch is about 1 km in length. It comes to an end on its eastern side with the spectacular 180 ft tall sea-cliffs of Kilt Rock, made of rock strata in many different colours. And over Kilt Rock tumbles Mealt Falls.
The falls are about 15 miles north of island capital Portree. It is easily visited just off the A855 coastal road, where there is a viewing platform for the cliffs and the waterfall.
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