Eilean Sùbhainn

Eilean Sùbhainn
Meaning of namePossibly "island of berries"[1]
Location
Eilean Sùbhainn
Eilean Sùbhainn shown within Highland Scotland
OS grid referenceNG923722
Coordinates57°41′N 5°29′W / 57.69°N 5.48°W / 57.69; -5.48
Physical geography
Island groupLoch Maree
Area118 ha
Area rank141 (Freshwater: 2) [2]
Highest elevation36 m
Administration
Council areaHighland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population0[3]
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.

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.[5][6]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent. 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census and 101 such islands in 2022.
  3. ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  4. ^ Ordnance Survey
  5. ^ "Overview of Eilean Subhainn". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
  6. ^ "Loch Maree Islands National Nature Reserve". Scottish Natural Heritage. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2007.

57°41.5′N 5°29′W / 57.6917°N 5.483°W / 57.6917; -5.483