Gigalum Island

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Gigalum Island or Gigalum is a tiny, private{{Cite news|url=http://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/scotlandproperty/beautiful-scottish-island-for-sale-84729|title=Beautiful Scottish island for sale - Country Life|date=2016-03-22|work=Country Life|access-date=2017-04-16|language=en-US}} uninhabited{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1570.html|title=Gigalum|publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=24 February 2019}} island off the southeast coast of Gigha in Scotland.

Gigalum has a medieval house in the middle, and gives its name to the strait between it and the main island, "Caolas Gigalum". There is also the "Gigalum Rocks" a reef to the east, and about {{convert|1|mi|km|round=0.5|abbr=off|spell=in}} north-northeast of Gigalum Island itself, "Sgeir Gigalum". It is also flanked by another islet, "Eilean na h-Uilinn", literally "Island of the Elbow".

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