Horse Island, Summer Isles
53 ha (3⁄16 sq mi)
Horse Island (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean nan Each) 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.[5][6] It rises to a maximum elevation of 60 metres (197 feet) at Sgùrr nan Uan ("peak of the lambs").
Footnotes
- ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Perrott, David (1988). Guide to the Western Islands of Scotland. Edinburgh: Kittiwake Press. ISBN 0-7028-0886-5.
- ^ "Overview of Horse Island". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
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Summer Isles (Na h-Eileanan Samhraidh), Inner Hebrides
- Bottle Island/Eilean a' Bhotail
- Eilean Dubh
- Horse Island/Eilean nam Eich
- Isle Martin/Eilean Mhàrtainn
- Priest Island/Eilean a' Chlèirich
- Isle Ristol/Eilean Ruisteil
- Tanera Beag
- Tanera Mòr
57°59′10″N 5°20′40″W / 57.98611°N 5.34444°W / 57.98611; -5.34444
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