The Minch
（重定向自North Minch）
![Map of the Hebrides, showing the Minch](/Images/godic/202501/30/Hebridesmap3325.png")
![The Little Minch, view towards Loch na Madadh](/Images/godic/202501/30/Little_Minch3325.jpg")
The Minch (Scottish Gaelic:An Cuan Sgitheanach, An Cuan Sgìth, Cuan na Hearadh, An Cuan Leòdhasach), also called North Minch, is a strait in north-west Scotland, separating the north-west Highlands and the northern Inner Hebrides from Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides. It was known as Skotlandsfjörð ("Scotland's fjord/firth") in Old Norse.