Tanera Beag

Tanera Beag
Gaelic name Tanera Beag
Norse name hawnar-øy
Meaning of name "Harbour island", from Norse
Location
Tanera Beag
Tanera Beag shown within Highland Scotland
OS grid reference NB965074
Coordinates 58°01′N 5°26′W / 58.01°N 5.44°W / 58.01; -5.44
Physical geography
Island group Summer Isles
Area 66 hectares (0.25 sq mi)
Area rank 178=[1]
Highest elevation 83 metres (272 ft)
Administration
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Highland
Demographics
Population 0
References [2][3][4][5]
Eastern anchorage, Tanera Beag; Suilven and Cul Mòr are in the background

Tanera Beag or Tanera Beg is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles off north west Scotland.

It is called "Tanera Beag" ("Little Tanera") to distinguish it from Tanera Mòr, "Big Tanera".

References

  1. Area and population ranks: there are c.300 islands over 20ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  2. 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  3. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  4. Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
  5. Iain Mac an Tailleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 2007-07-23.

Coordinates: 58°0′36″N 5°26′39″W / 58.01000°N 5.44417°W / 58.01000; -5.44417


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