Horse Island, Summer Isles
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For other places with the same name, see Horse Island.
| Horse Island, Summer Isles | |
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| Location | |
  Horse Island, Summer Isles
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| Horse Island, Summer Isles shown within Scotland. | |
| OS grid reference: | NC023045 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name: | Eilean nam Eich
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| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 53 ha |
| Area rank (Scottish islands): | 188= |
| Highest elevation: | Sgurr nan Uan 60 m |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | 0
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| Groupings | |
| Island Group: | Summer Isles |
| Local Authority: | Highland |
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| References: | [1][2][3] |
Horse Island is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles, in the north west of Scotland.
Once inhabited, the island now only supports a herd of wild goats.[4][5]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Perrott, David (1988). Guide to the Western Islamds of Scotland. Edinburgh: Kittiwake Press. ISBN 0702808865.
- ^ Overview of Horse Island. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
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