Eilean Sùbhainn
Eilean Sùbhainn is the largest of several small islands in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. It is the second largest freshwater island in Scotland after Inchmurrin.
Lying 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) northeast of Talladale, the island is partially forested and uninhabited. It rises to 36 metres (118 feet) and extends to 118 hectares (290 acres). The island is a nature reserve and includes several small lochans.
Footnotes
- ^ "Place names C to E" Archived 2011-12-26 at the Wayback Machine. Gordon C. Harrison. Retrieved 11 June 2012 - quoting Wentworth, R.G., (1998) Place-Names of Loch Maree Islands National Nature Reserve. Scottish Natural Heritage.
- ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
- ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ "Overview of Eilean Subhainn". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
- ^ "Loch Maree Islands National Nature Reserve". Scottish Natural Heritage. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
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