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The Isle of Mull [6] or simply Mull [3] [7] (Scottish Gaelic: Muile ⓘ) [8] is the second-largest island of the Inner Hebrides (after Skye) and lies off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute. Covering 875.35 square kilometres (337.97 sq mi), Mull is the fourth-largest island in Scotland.
List of islands showing area, population [4] and location Name Area Population Location ... Scotland, United Kingdom Isle of Mull [7] 875 338 2,667: Inner Hebrides:
Tobermory (/ ˌ t oʊ b ər ˈ m ɔːr i /; Scottish Gaelic: Tobar Mhoire) [2] is the capital of, and until 1973 the only burgh on, the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.It is located on the east coast of Mishnish, the most northerly part of the island, near the northern entrance of the Sound of Mull.
Following the ill-fated 1263 expedition of Haakon IV of Norway, the Outer Hebrides and the Isle of Man were yielded to the Kingdom of Scotland as a result of the 1266 Treaty of Perth. [114] Although their contribution to the islands can still be found in personal and place names, the archaeological record of the Norse period is very limited.
Orkney aerial photomap The Shetland archipelago Bressay Lighthouse at Kirkabister Ness, Shetland The Old Man of Hoy, Orkney, a 137-metre (450 ft) sea stack of red sandstone Tobermory harbour, Isle of Mull The cliffs of Creag na Bruaich, Raasay Dhu Heartach Lighthouse, During Construction by Sam Bough (1822–1878) Fingal's Cave, Staffa Kisimul ...
This was replaced by Mull District Council in 1930, which had 6 members, 3 of whom were the County Councillors for Mull and 3 elected to the District Council from wards based on the three parishes. [19] [20] Since 1976 there has been an Isle of Mull community council. Iona has a separate community council. [21] [22] [23]
Isle of Staffa Panorama Am Buchaille. Staffa lies about 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Mull, and 9 km northeast of Iona. It is longitudinally oriented north–south, and is a kilometre long by about half a kilometre wide. The circumference is about 3.8 km in extent.
In 2001 Iona's population was 125 [55] and by the time of the 2011 census this had grown to 177 usual residents. [2] During the same period Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702. [56] The estimated permanent population in 2020 was 120. The island's tourism bureau estimated that roughly 130,000 visitors arrived each year. [7]