Eilean Ceann na Creige

Eilean Ceann na Creige
Location
Eilean Ceann na Creige
Eilean Ceann na Creige shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference NR818626
Names
Gaelic name Eilean Ceann na Creige
Meaning of name head of the rock
Area and summit
Area approx 6 ha (15 acres)
Highest elevation 10 metres (33 ft)
Population
Population 0
Groupings
Island group West Loch Tarbert, Argyll
Local Authority Argyll and Bute
If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census.

Eilean Ceann na Creige is a small island near Kennacraig in West Loch Tarbert in Scotland.[1] Ceann na Creige is Gaelic for head of the rock.[2]

Eilean Ceann na Creige is connected to Kennacraig by a causeway. It is the mainland terminal of the ferry to Islay,[3] Jura and Colonsay.

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Footnotes

  1. ^ United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map. 2007. Landranger 1:50000 scale
  2. ^ Johnston, Bacon (1973). Johnston's Gazetteer of Scotland. Robert William Munro. 
  3. ^ "Crossings: Kennacraig". Ships of Calmac. http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/crossing_ki.asp. Retrieved 2009-09-03.