Horse Island, Summer Isles

Horse Island
Location
Horse Island
En Mhic Coinnich shown within Highland Scotland
OS grid reference NC023045
Names
Gaelic name Eilean nam Eich
Area and summit
Area 53 hectares (0.20 sq mi)
Area rank 197=
Highest elevation Sgurr nan Uan 60 metres (197 ft)
Population
Population 0
Groupings
Island group Summer Isles
Local Authority Highland
References [1][2][3]
If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census.

Horse Island is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles, in the north west of Scotland.

Once inhabited, the island now only supports a herd of wild goats.[4][5]

Footnotes

  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
  4. ^ Perrott, David (1988). Guide to the Western Islamds of Scotland. Edinburgh: Kittiwake Press. ISBN 0702808865. 
  5. ^ "Overview of Horse Island". Gazetteer for Scotland. http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1679.html. Retrieved 2007-12-15.