Horse Island, Summer Isles
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| Horse Island | |
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| Location | |
 Horse Island
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| 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 |
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| 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. | |
For other places with the same name, see Horse Island (disambiguation).
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]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Perrott, David (1988). Guide to the Western Islamds of Scotland. Edinburgh: Kittiwake Press. ISBN 0702808865.
- ^ "Overview of Horse Island". Gazetteer for Scotland. http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1679.html. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
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Coordinates: 57°58′48″N 5°20′24″W / 57.98°N 5.34°W
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