Isle of Ewe
| Isle of Ewe | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
 Isle of Ewe
|
|
| Isle of Ewe shown within Highland Scotland | |
| OS grid reference | NG855885 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name | Eilean Iùbh |
| Pronunciation | [ˈelan ˈjuː] ( listen) |
| Meaning of name | Yew |
| Area and summit | |
| Area | 309 ha |
| Area rank | 88= |
| Highest elevation | Creag Streap 72 m |
| Population | |
| Population | 12 |
| Population rank | 70 out of 100 |
| Groupings | |
| Island group | Loch Ewe |
| Local Authority | Highland |
  |
|
| 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. | |
Isle of Ewe (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Iùbh) is a small Scottish island on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty.
[edit] Geography and geology
The Isle of Ewe is located in Loch Ewe, west of Aultbea in the Ross and Cromarty district of the Highland Region. The island is made up of sandstone and the shore line varies from flat pebble beaches to cliffs. It is part of the Wester Ross National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.[4]
[edit] Cultural references
Because the name of the island sounds like "I love you", it has become popular for couples to take boat trips around the island.[5]
For the same reason, it was also featured as a desert island in the second chapter of Telltale Games' adventure game Tales of Monkey Island: The Siege of Spinner Cay.[6]
It was mentioned in The Goon Show, during the episode "Lurgi Strikes Britain."
Aidan Moffat released a song under the title of "A Scenic Route to the Isle Of Ewe" on his album How To Get To Heaven From Scotland.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ "National Scenic Areas". SNH. Retrieved 30 Mar 2011.
- ^ "Reality TV Show Lights Up Love Highland". Visit Scotland. 9 January 2007. http://www.visitscotland.org/news_item.htm?newsID=43438. Retrieved 3 April 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Post in Telltales' forum.". 20 August 2009. http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=184676&postcount=18. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
|
|||||||||||||
Coordinates: 57°50′04″N 5°36′53″W / 57.83444°N 5.61482°W
 |
This Highland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
