Insh Island
| Scottish Gaelic name | Innis |
|---|---|
| Meaning of name | island |
| Location | |
  Insh Island Insh shown within Argyll and Bute | |
| OS grid reference | NM729192 |
| Coordinates | 56°18′40″N 5°40′21″W / 56.311109°N 5.672493°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Slate Islands |
| Area | 33 hectares (82 acres)[1] |
| Highest elevation | 69 m |
| Administration | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Argyll and Bute |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
 | |
| References | [2][3] |
Insh (Scottish Gaelic: innis: island) is an uninhabited island west of the island of Seil in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland.
One of the Slate Islands, Insh Island lies a mile (1.5 km) northeast of Ellenabeich in Seil.[4] It is separated from it by the Sound of Insh. The island rises to 69m (226 feet) and is 36 ha in area. The private owner, David Brearley lived in a cave at the north end between 1973 and 2003.[2]
The Northern sea fan (Swiftia pallida) is found in the waters off Insh Island.[5]
Footnotes
- ^ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
- ^ a b Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
- ^ "Insh Island". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
- ^ "The Insh Island Sea Fans" (PDF). Northern Sea Fan Project. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
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