Eilean Sùbhainn
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| Meaning of name | Possibly "island of berries"[1] |
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| Location | |
 Eilean Sùbhainn
Eilean Sùbhainn shown within Highland Scotland
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| OS grid reference | NG923722 |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Loch Maree |
| Area | 118 ha |
| Area rank | 141 (Freshwater: 2) [2] |
| Highest elevation | 36 m |
| Political geography | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Highland |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0[3] |
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| References | [4] |
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.
File:Maree Subhainn.jpg
Lochan on Eilean Sùbhainn
Lying a mile (2 km) northeast of Talladale, the island is partially forested and uninhabited. It rises to 36m (118 feet) and extends to 118 ha (292 acres). The island is a nature reserve and includes several small lochans.[5][6]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Place names C to E". 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 >20ha 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
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