Eilean Dubh, Summer Isles
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| Scottish Gaelic name | Eilein Dhuibh |
|---|---|
| Meaning of name | black island |
| Location | |
Summer Isles shown within Highland | |
| OS grid reference | NB 972038 |
| Coordinates | 57°58′41″N 5°25′48″W / 57.978°N 5.430°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Summer Isles |
| Area | 37 hectares (0.14 sq mi)[1] |
| Highest elevation | An Uspairn 87 metres (285 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Highland |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Lymphad | |
| References | [2] |
Eilean Dubh is an uninhabited island in Loch Broom, one of the smaller Summer Isles. It lies about two miles south of Tanera Beag and has probably not been permanently occupied.[3] Eilean Dubh is owned by Dr Van Arman, who built a substantial wooden chalet in the north-east cove.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Rick Livingstone's Tables of the Islands of Scotland" (PDF). Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
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