Eilean an Ròin Mòr

58°28′34″N 5°07′37″W / 58.476°N 5.127°W / 58.476; -5.127Physical geographyIsland groupHighland / Islands of SutherlandArea33 hectares (0.13 sq mi)Highest elevation63 metres (207 ft)AdministrationSovereign stateUnited KingdomCountryScotlandCouncil areaHighlandDemographicsPopulation0LymphadReferences[1][2][3]

Eilean an Ròin Mòr is an uninhabited island in north west Sutherland.

Geography

Eilean an Ròin Mòr, with its neighbour, Eilean an Ròin Beag, forms rocky peninsula to the north of Oldshoremore beach.[2] Only a narrow channel separates it from the mainland.[3]

The rocky island has little vegetation.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. ^ a b c Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  3. ^ a b Ordnance Survey

58°28′34″N 5°7′38″W / 58.47611°N 5.12722°W / 58.47611; -5.12722

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