Tanera Beag

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Tanera Beag
Location
Tanera Beag (Scotland)
Tanera Beag
Tanera Beag
Tanera Beag shown within Scotland.
OS grid reference: NB965074
Names
Gaelic name: Tanara Beag
Norse name: hawnar-øy
Meaning of name: "Harbour island", from Norse
Area and Summit
Area: 66 ha
Area rank (Scottish islands): 174=
Highest elevation: 83 m
Population
Population (2001): 0


Groupings
Island Group: Summer Isles
Local Authority: Highland
Scotland
References: [1][2][3][4]
Eastern anchorage, Tanara Beag; Suilven and Cul Mòr are in the background
Eastern anchorage, Tanara Beag; Suilven and Cul Mòr are in the background

Tanera Be(a)g or Tanara Beag is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles off north west Scotland.

It is called "Tanara Beag" ("little Tanara") to distinguish it from "Tanera Mòr", "big Tanara".


[edit] References

  1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543. 
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey. Get-a-map [map].
  4. ^ Iain Mac an Tailleir. Placenames (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.

Coordinates: 58°0′36″N 5°26′39″W / 58.01, -5.44417

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