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Blaeu's 1654 Atlas of Scotland - The Small Isles. Rùm is at centre, surrounded by "Kannay', 'Egg' and 'Muck'. Ordnance Survey Map of 1896. The Small Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Tarsainn [2]) are a small archipelago in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland.
The Inner Hebrides that lie respectively north and south of Ardnamurchan are administered by two separate local authorities as part of larger territories. The northern Inner Hebrides, including Skye, the Small Isles and the Summer Isles, are part of the Highland unitary council region.
The Inner Hebrides (/ ˈ h ɛ b r ɪ d iː z / HEB-rid-eez; Scottish Gaelic: na h-Eileanan a-staigh, lit. 'the Inner Isles') is an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. Together these two island chains form the Hebrides, which experience a mild oceanic climate. The Inner Hebrides comprise ...
The Inner Hebrides lie closer to mainland Scotland and include Islay, Jura, Skye, Mull, Raasay, Staffa and the Small Isles. There are 36 inhabited islands in this group. The Outer Hebrides form a chain of more than 100 islands and small skerries located about 70 km (45 mi) west of mainland Scotland. Among them, 15 are inhabited.
Scotland has around 900 offshore islands, [1] most of which are to be found in four main groups: Shetland, Orkney, and the Hebrides, sub-divided into the Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides. [2] There are also clusters of islands in the Firth of Clyde , Firth of Forth , and Solway Firth , and numerous small islands within the many bodies of fresh ...
Toggle Small Isles subsection. 15.1 Canna. 15.2 Eigg. 15.3 Muck. 15.4 Rùm. ... A map of the Inner and Outer Hebrides in Scotland. The Inner Hebrides are shown in ...
List of Outer Hebrides; Inner Hebrides; List of Orkney islands; List of Shetland islands; Islands of the Clyde; Islands of the Forth; List of islands of Scotland; Scottish island names; List of islands of the British Isles; Fair Isle in Shetland, the most remote inhabited island in the United Kingdom, which lies 38 kilometres (24 mi) south-west ...
Staffa (Scottish Gaelic: Stafa, [4] [5] pronounced [ˈs̪t̪afa], from the Old Norse for stave or pillar island) is an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Vikings gave it this name as its columnar basalt reminded them of their houses, which were built from vertically placed tree-logs. [6]