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Inchconnachan (Innis Chonachain in Gaelic, meaning 'The Colquhoun's Island') is an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland, in the Trossachs National Park. [5] It is accessible by boat from the village of Luss on the south side of the Loch. The island is uninhabited and is an Area of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation.
Whalsay, also known as "The Bonnie Isle", [7] is a peat-covered island in the Shetland Islands. It is situated east of the Shetland Mainland and has an area of 7.6 square miles (20 km 2 ). The main settlement is Symbister , [ 8 ] where the fishing fleet is based.
Eilean Shona (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Seòna) is a tidal island situated at the entrance of Loch Moidart, on the west coast of Scotland, just north of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. The island is 525 hectares (1,300 acres) in area, with the highest point being Beinn a' Bhàillidh at 265 metres (869 ft).
North Ronaldsay (/ ˈ r ɒ n ə l t s iː /, also / ˈ r ɒ n ə l d z iː /, Scots: North Ronalshee) is the northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. With an area of 690 hectares (2.7 sq mi), it is the fourteenth-largest. [8]
The dumb-bell shaped island is virtually cut in half by inlets that form Soay Harbour (north) and the main bay, Camas nan Gall (to the south). The main settlement, Mol-chlach, is on the shore of Camas nan Gall. [5] It is normally reached by boat from Elgol. The island is part of the Cuillin Hills National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. [6]
An idyllic 453-acre private island is up for sale off the west coast of Scotland and it comes with sandy beaches, puffins galore, seven houses, a pub, a helipad and a flock of black-faced sheep.
The island's population was 27 as recorded by the 2011 census [3] four fewer than the 31 usual residents in 2001; [10] during the same period Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702. [11] The populace mostly live near the harbour at Port Mòr. The other settlement on the island is the farm at Gallanach.
The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7. MacLeod, Norma (2004), Raasay: the island and its people, Edinburgh: Birlinn, ISBN 978-1-84158-280-1; Martin, Martin (1703) "A Voyage to St. Kilda" in A Description of The Western Islands of Scotland, Appin Regiment/Appin Historical Society. Retrieved 3 March 2007