Calbha Beag

Calbha Beag
Location
Calbha Beag
Calbha Beag shown within Scotland
OS grid reference NC156367
Names
Gaelic name Calbha Beag
Meaning of name Little calf island[1]
Area and summit
Area 31 hectares (77 acres)
Highest elevation 41 metres (135 ft)
Population
Population Uninhabited
Groupings
Island group Islands of Sutherland
Local Authority Highland
If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census.

Calbha Beag is an uninhabited island in Eddrachillis Bay, off Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. It is immediately to the west of Calbha Mor.

The area is circa 31 hectares (77 acres),[2] although it has been listed as totalling 45 hectares (110 acres), possibly including areas exposed at low tide.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Mac an Tàilleir p. 25
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey maps.
  3. ^ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.

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