Category talk:Islands of Scotland

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Just completed what I imagine to be a helpful tidy up of categories, with new sub-cats of Fresh water islands and Northern Isles, and moved all but the lonely trio of Rockall, Mugdrom, and Inchcape into either one of these two categories or Inner Hebrides in the case of a few other small inshore cases. Arguably, Mugdrom and Inchcape could be in a category of 'Islands of the Firth of Tay'. Ben MacDui 20:02, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

A question was raised re the inclusion of The Summer Isles and other small islands north of Skye in the Inner Hebrides category. Encylopedia Britannica (1978) says “Hebrides - group of islands of the west coast of Scotland extending in an arc between 55.35 and 58.30 N and 5.26 and 8.40 W.” This includes Gigha, St.Kilda and everything up to Cape Wrath – although not for some reason, North Rona. The Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland describes the Inner Hebrides as lying 'east of the Minch'. It’s not unequivocal, but as neither exclude the Summer Isles etc. I rest my case. See also Talk:Islands of the Clyde. Ben MacDui 19:46, 30 October 2006 (UTC)