Little Colonsay

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Little Colonsay
Location
Little Colonsay (Scotland)
Little Colonsay
Little Colonsay
Little Colonsay shown within Scotland.
OS grid reference: NM375365
Names
Gaelic name: Colbhasa Beag


Area and Summit
Area: 88 ha
Area rank (Scottish islands): 152
Highest elevation: 61 m
Population
Population (2001): 0


Groupings
Island Group: Mull
Local Authority: Argyll and Bute
Scotland
References: [1][2][3]

Little Colonsay (Gaelic: Colbhasa Beag) is an uninhabited island west of the island of Mull in Scotland. The geology of the island is columnar basalt, similar, but less dramatic than on neighbouring Staffa.

It is currently owned by Viscount Blakenham.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey

Coordinates: 56.44737° N 6.26122° W

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