Guillamon Island

{{short description|Island in Highland, Scotland}}

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|location_map=Scotland Highland

|caption=Guillamon Island shown within Highland

|coordinates = {{coord|57.274870|-5.9200086|display=inline}}

|GridReference=NG6379927276

|Image=North Shore of the Guillamon Island - geograph.org.uk - 569389.jpg

|ImageCaption=north shore of Guillamon Island

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|area= {{convert|8|acre|ha|round=0.5}}

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|highest elevation= 24 m{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1615.html|title=Guillamon Island|publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland|access-date=19 January 2019}}{{cite book|title=The Scottish Islands: The Bestselling Guide to Every Scottish Island|publisher=Hamish Haswell-Smith|page=159|access-date=14 April 2019|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bXFwKl5gVqwC&q=the+best+selling+book+scottish+islands|isbn=9781782116783|year=2015}}

|Population=0

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|island group=Inner Hebrides

|local authority=Highland

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Guillamon Island is an uninhabited island south of Scalpay, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. It is {{convert|8|acre|ha|round=0.5|abbr=off}} in area and {{convert|400|yd|m|round=50|abbr=off}} long in a north-to-south direction.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DHcPAQAAIAAJ&q=Guillamon+Island|title=The West coast of Scotland|year=1948|publisher=H.O. Pub|access-date=19 January 2019}} It is entirely greenstone.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_tSAAAAcAAJ&dq=Guillemon+Island&pg=PA422|title=A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, Including the Isle of Man|year=1819|publisher=John Macculloch|access-date=26 February 2019}} The name origin is obscure.{{cite web|url=https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/inverness-shire-os-name-books-1876-1878/inverness-shire-skye-volume-11/33|title=OS1/16/11/33|publisher=ScotlandPlaces|access-date=19 January 2019}} Guillemon was recorded as being part of the Trap Islands.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/geologyscotland00rhingoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/geologyscotland00rhingoog/page/n145 131]|quote=Guillemon Skye.|title=The Geology of Scotland and Its Islands|year=1842|publisher=William Rhind|access-date=14 April 2019}} It was bought for £11,000.{{when|date=January 2021}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQUtAAAAMAAJ&q=Guillamon+Island|title=Highlands and Islands: a generation of progress|year=1990|publisher=Alastair Hetherington|isbn=9780080379807|access-date=19 January 2019}}