Eilean Dubh, Summer Isles

Eilean Dubh
Location
Eilean Dubh
Summer Isles shown within Highland
OS grid reference NB 972038
Names
Gaelic name Eilein Dhuibh
Meaning of name black island
Physical geography
Island group Summer Isles
Area 37 hectares (0.14 sq mi)[1]
Highest elevation An Uspairn 87 metres (285 ft)
Political geography
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Highland
Demographics
Population 0
References [2]

Eilean Dubh is an uninhabited island in Loch Broom, one of the smaller Summer Isles. It lies about two miles south of Tanera Beag and has probably not been permanently occupied.[3] Eilean Dubh is owned by Dr Van Arman, who built a substantial wooden chalet in the north-east cove.[3]

Eilean Dubh
Beach on Eilein Dhuibh


Footnotes

  1. "Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland" (PDF). Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  2. Ordnance Survey. Get-a-map (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure. Ordinance Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.

Coordinates: 57°58′39″N 5°25′50″W / 57.97750°N 5.43056°W