list of islands of Scotland

File:Vuiamor2.jpg, which had a population of 46 prior to being clearedHaswell-Smith (2007) p. 306]]

The 2011 census records 94 Scottish islands as having a usually resident population, of which 89 are offshore islands. There are however various complications with both the definitions of an "island" and occasional habitation; and the National Records of Scotland also list a further 17 islands that were inhabited in 2001 but not in 2011, or are "included in the NRS statistical geography for inhabited islands but had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses".National Records of Scotland (2013) pp. 11-13 There are a small number of other islands that are evidently inhabited but which are not recorded in this list.{{refn|The evidence of maps, sources and photographs makes it clear that South Walls, Eriska and Fraoch-eilean are permanently inhabited. These three are tidal islands, although other similar islands are listed. The freshwater islands of Eilean Aigas and Contin Island are also omitted.|group=Note}}

The local government council areas with the most inhabited islands are Argyll and Bute with 23, Orkney with 20, Shetland with 16 and Highland and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar with 14 each. There are also three in North Ayrshire and one each in Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. The last three named plus two islands in Argyll and Bute are freshwater rather than offshore.

File:Portree (2477763387).jpg on Skye, an island where the population has grown in recent decadesHaswell-Smith (2007) p. 173]]

In the past many smaller islands that are uninhabited today had permanent populations. Losses were severe in many areas during the 19th century when islands such as Pabbay and Fuaigh Mòr were subject to forcible evictions during the Highland Clearances.Haswell-Smith (2007) pp. 269, 306-07 Mass emigration from the Hebridean islands was at its height in the mid-19th century but it commenced as early as the 1770s in some areas.Symonds (1999) p. 101 The crofting counties held 20% of Scotland's population in 1755 but by 1961 this figure had declined to 5%.Turnock (1969) p. 190 Other examples are Mingulay, Noss and the St Kilda archipelago, which were abandoned during the course of the 20th century. Declines have been particularly significant in the more remote outlying islands, some of which remain vulnerable to ongoing losses.Wenham, Sheena "Modern Times" in Omand (2003) p. 110.

The following table shows population trends for the ten most populous islands as of the 2011 census. The overall trends are typically growth in populations in the early part of the modern period, followed by declines from the mid 19th century onwards. In every case except Orkney the highest population was recorded prior to 1932 and the lowest post-Industrial Revolution figure after 1960. Subsequently, there has been modest growth overall, although some islands are continuing to show a decline. Between 1991 and 2001, the population of the islands as a whole fell by 3% to 99,739, although there were 35 islands whose population increased.General Register Office for Scotland (2003) By contrast, between 2001 and 2011 Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702. The Scottish Community Alliance noted that "the largest rate of increase has been in the Western Isles (6%) where local people now own approximately 60% of the landmass. Where populations have fallen (Bute, Arran and Islay) community ownership is virtually non-existent."[http://tinder.cazinc.co.uk/t/ViewEmail/r/3635BB00DF1D798A2540EF23F30FEDED/A5AFD9C141473643D9767B6002735221 "Increase in islands’ population"]. Scottish Community Alliance. Retrieved 7 September 2013.

The following table compares the populations of the main Scottish archipelagos with that of the Faroe Islands for a similar time frame to the above.{{refn|For a discussion of some of the factors involved see Coull (1967).|group=Note}}

In July 2013, the Scottish Government made the Lerwick Declaration, indicating an intention to decentralise power to the three island council areas of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles and later that year made a commitment to do so.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendum-news/islands-set-to-win-key-decision-making-powers-with-unprecedented-legislatio.22769214|title=Islands set to win key decision-making powers with unprecedented legislation |last=Ross |first=David |work=The Herald (Glasgow)|date=23 November 2013|access-date=27 November 2013}} In 2017 an Islands bill was introduced to make "island proofing" (including for uninhabited islands) a statutory requirement for public bodies. The Bill completed Stage 1 on 8 February 2018.[http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/105168.aspx "Islands (Scotland) Bill"] Scottish Government. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

This is a list of Scottish islands that either have an area greater than 40 hectares (approximately 100 acres) and/or are inhabited. The main groups, from Haswell-Smith (2004), in many cases provide a more useful guide to location than local authority areas. These groups are: Firth of Clyde, Islay, Firth of Lorn, Mull, Small Isles, Skye, Lewis and Harris, Uists and Barra, St Kilda, Orkney, Shetland and Firth of Forth. In a few cases where the island is part of either a recognisable smaller group or an archipelago, or is located away from the main groups, an archipelago, local authority or other descriptive name is used instead. "F" designates a freshwater island.

Scotland's islands include thirteen Munros (mountains with a height over 3,000 feet or 914.4 metres), twelve of them found on Skye, and a total of 227 Marilyns (hills with a relative height of at least 150 metres, regardless of absolute height).{{Cite book| author=D.A. Bearhop | year=1997 | title=Munro's Tables | isbn=978-0-907521-53-2 | publisher=Scottish Mountaineering Club & Trust}}

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Image:Wfm shetland map.svg archipelago]]

Image:Kirkabister Ness.jpg at Kirkabister Ness, Shetland]]

Image:Old man of hoy2.jpg, Orkney, a 137-metre (450 ft) sea stack of red sandstone]]

Image:Tobermory, Isle of Mull.jpg harbour, Isle of Mull]]

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Image:Dubh artach.jpg|italic=unset}} Lighthouse, During Construction by Sam Bough (1822–1878)]]

Image:Scotland-Staffa-Fingals-Cave-1900.jpg, Staffa]]

Image:Kisimul Castle.jpg, Barra]]

Image:Ailsa Craig2.jpg from the South Ayrshire coast]]

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Image:Muckle Flugga.jpg lighthouse, Shetland]]

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Image:Earl's Palace - Birsay.jpg, Orkney]]

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Image:Bass Rock from Tantallon Castle.jpg from Tantallon Castle]]

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Image:Sula Sgeir from the South West.jpg from the south west]]

Image:Panorama of Stornoway.jpg harbour, Lewis]]

Image:Fair Isle - West cliffs.jpg cliffs]]

Image:Callanish standing stones 1.jpg Standing Stones, Lewis]]

Image:Tiree, Balephuil Bay.jpg at Balephuil Bay, Tiree]]

Image:Peeriebard.jpg towards the Peerie Bard]]

Image:Clisham.jpg, Harris]]

Image:Eigg.AnSgurr.Canthusus.jpg|italic=unset}}, Eigg]]

Image:Quiraing, Isle of Skye.jpg, Skye]]

Four islands were recorded as inhabited in 2011 that were not mentioned in the 2001 census: {{lang|gd|Eilean dà Mhèinn}}, {{lang|gd|Eilean Tioram}}, Holm of Grimbister and Inner Holm.

These following are listed by the National Records of Scotland as "included in the NRS statistical geography for inhabited islands but had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses." None except Lamb Holm are greater than 40 ha in area.

Image:LochLomond(wfmillar)Jan2000.jpg from Beinn Dubh and Creag an t-Seilich]]

{{Main|List of freshwater islands in Scotland}}

There are numerous other freshwater islands, of which the more notable include Lochindorb Castle Island, Loch Leven Castle Island, St Serf's Inch, and Inchmahome, each of which have played an important part in Scottish history.

Inchmurrin is the largest freshwater island in the British Isles.{{cite web| url=http://www.loch-lomond.net/theloch/inchmurrin.aspx| title=Loch Lomond Islands - Inchmurrin| publisher=Loch Lomond.net| access-date=20 April 2012}}Dow, Jim (2005) Islands Galore. A Scottish Islands Handbook. Edinburgh. Black & White Publishing. It is in Loch Lomond, which contains over sixty other islands. Loch Maree also contains several islands, the largest of which are Eilean Sùbhainn, Garbh Eilean and Eilean Ruairidh Mòr but aren't as big as others.

File:Scotland, Pladda Island and Ailsa Craig, seen from Isle of Arran.JPG

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This is a continuing list of uninhabited Scottish islands smaller than 40 hectares in size.

Image:Boreray and the Stacs.jpg, Stac Lee, and Stac an Armin (left) from the heights of Conachair, St Kilda]]

There are various small archipelagos which may be better known than the larger islands they contain. These include:

File:Eilean Chaluim Chille (photo, 2008).jpeg, Skye]]

The following is a list of places which were formerly islands, but which are no longer so due to silting up, harbour building etc.

• Ardeer Peninsula, North Ayrshire
• Bodinbo Island near to Erskine on the River Clyde is now partly joined to the river bank.
• Broch of Clickimin is a former island in Loch of Clickimin, Lerwick, in Shetland. Originally an offshore island, the loch became cut off from the sea around 200 BC and the island is now connected to dry land by a permanent causeway.[http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/clickimin/index.html "Broch of Clickimin"] Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
• Bunglan was once a separate island, but is now connected to Samphrey by two tombolos.
• Eilean-a-beithich was once one of the Slate Islands and located in Easdale Sound. However, it was quarried to a depth of {{convert|76|m|ft}} below sea level leaving only the outer rim of the island. This was eventually breached by the sea and little visible sign of the island now remains.[http://www.southernhebrides.com/slate-islands.html "Slate Islands - The Islands that Roofed the World"] southernhebrides.com. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
• Eilean Chaluim Chille is a former island near Kilmuir on Skye in a now drained loch that was associated with the 13th century Hebridean lord Páll, son of Bálki.
• Inchbroach, also known as Rossie Island, is now part of Montrose harbour.
• Inch of Culter is a former island in the River Dee near Maryculter.[http://www.culter.net/history/local_names.htm "Local Names"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719022926/http://www.culter.net/history/local_names.htm |date=2011-07-19 }} Culter.net. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
• Innis Bheag or Paterson Island near Portmahomack in Easter Ross is now permanently attached to the Morrich More due to shifting sands.Hansom, JD and Black, SDL (1996) [http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/research/50.pdf "The Geomorphology of Morrich More: Management Prescription Review"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183112/http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/research/50.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }} (pdf) SNH. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
• Keith Inch (not to be confused with Inchkeith), is now part of Peterhead Harbour, and is the easternmost point of mainland Scotland.
• King's Inch on which stood Inch Castle.
• Milton Island or Green Inch was an island in the Clyde's estuarine waters close to the old ford across the river at Dumbuck near Dumbarton.
• Newshot Island or Newshot Isle was an island of circa 50 acres or 20 hectares lying in the River Clyde close to Park Quay, Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is now partly joined to the river bank.
• North Inch, one of the "Inches" in Perth, formerly an island in the River Tay.
• Preston Island, an artificial construction south of Low Valleyfield, has now been fully reclaimed, using ash slurry from Longannet power station.{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst22.html | title=Preston Island| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| access-date=26 December 2009}}
• Rosyth Castle also stands on what was once a tidal island in the Firth of Forth, now surrounded by reclaimed land.
• Sand Inch was a small island in the River Clyde next to King's Inch
• Scalp na Caoraich, Cridhe An Uisge, Rònach and Scalp Phàdraig Mhòir - four small islands at the delta of the River Ness in Inverness which were removed in the 19th century.
• Scottle Holm was an islet north of Lerwick, Shetland. It has since become part of an industrial estate.[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/os-1-to-10560/shetland/053 “Map of Shetland Sheet 053”]. British History Online. Retrieved 12 September 2021.[https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/scottle-holm-shetland-islands “Scottle Holm, Shetland Islands”]. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
• White Inch, now an area of Glasgow.

Image:Skye Road Bridge.JPG, Isle of Skye]]

Image:Inchgarvie.JPG can be seen just below the Forth Bridge.]]

File:Causeway, Island of Danna - geograph.org.uk - 469472.jpg]]

Many of Scotland's islands are connected to the mainland and/or other islands by bridge or causeway. Although some people consider them no longer to be islands, they are generally treated as such.

Outer Hebrides

Many of the islands of the southern Outer Hebrides have been joined to other islands by causeways and bridges. These include:

• Baleshare
• Benbecula
• Berneray
• Eriskay
• Grimsay
• North Uist
• South Uist
• Vatersay, which is connected to Barra (but not to the above islands), by the Vatersay Causeway.

To the north, Scalpay and Great Bernera are connected to Lewis and Harris.

Inner Hebrides

• Skye is connected to the mainland by the Skye Bridge which now incorporates Eilean Bàn.
• Eilean Donan by causeway to the mainland
• Eriska by causeway to the mainland
• Seil (to mainland) via John Stevenson's{{cite book|first1=R.|last1=Paxton|first2=J.|last2=Shipway|year=2007|series=Civil Engineering Heritage|title=Scotland - Highlands and Islands|location=London|publisher=Thomas Telford Publishing|isbn=9780727734884}} 1792 "Bridge over The Atlantic".
• Danna by causeway to the mainland

Orkney Islands

Image:Churchill Barrier 1.jpg 1, blocking Kirk Sound]]

Similarly, four Orkney islands are joined to the Orkney Mainland by a series of causeways known as the Churchill Barriers. They are:

• South Ronaldsay
• Burray
• Lamb Holm
• Glimps Holm

Hunda is in turn connected to Burray via a causeway.

South Walls and Hoy are connected by a causeway called the Ayre. The islands are treated as one entity (Hoy) by the UK census.

An undersea tunnel between the archipelago and Caithness, at a length of about {{convert|9|-|10|mi|km}} and a tunnel connecting Orkney Mainland to Shapinsay have been discussed,{{Cite news| work=The Times| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1765366,00.html| archive-url=https://archive.today/20110513235817/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1765366,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=13 May 2011| date=September 5, 2005| title=Islanders see a brighter future with tunnel vision| author=David Lister| access-date=2007-04-28 | location=London}}{{Cite news| date=10 March 2005| url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/163-100m-tunnel-to-orkney-feasible-1-739095| work=The Scotsman | title=£100m tunnel to Orkney 'feasible'| author=John Ross| access-date=7 April 2017}} although little has come of it.

Shetland Islands

Several Shetland islands are joined to the Shetland Mainland:

• West Burra and East Burra (via Trondra)
• Muckle Roe
• Trondra
• Broch of Clickimin is a freshwater islet joined to the mainland by a stone causeway.[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst11133.html Clickimin Broch] Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
• Holm of Mel was a tidal island linked to the west coast of Bressay at low tide but it is now linked permanently to its larger neighbour by a 75m stone causeway.{{Ordnance Survey}}For images see [https://alifetimeofislands.blogspot.com/2019/10/island-478-holm-of-mel-bressay-shetland.html "Island 478 - Holm of Mel, Bressay, Shetland"]. alifetimeofislands.com. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

There is also a bridge which joins Housay and Bruray in the Out Skerries.

Others

Various other islands are also connected by bridges or causeways, to the mainland or other islands, including:

• Inchgarvie (part of Forth Bridge), thus joined to both Fife and Lothian on the Mainland.
• Garbh Eilean at the entrance to Loch Glencoul is now joined to the mainland by both the Kylesku Bridge to the south and its associated roadworks to the north.
• Innis Chonan, an inhabited island in Loch Awe is connected to the mainland by a small road bridge.
• Moncreiffe Island connected to the mainland by the Tay Viaduct

Image:Oronsay - Hebrides.jpg by Colonsay, looking towards the Paps of Jura in the distance]]

Image:St Ninian's Isle and tombolo.jpg and tombolo]]

There are a large number of small tidal islands in Scotland. The more notable ones include:

• Baleshare
• Bernera
• Calve Island
• Castle Island
• Corn Holm
• Cramond Island
• Island Davaar
• Dunnicaer
• Eilean Mhic Chrion
• Eilean Shona
• Eriska
• Erraid
• Helliar Holm
• Kili Holm
• Isle Ristol
• Sanday
• Torsa

Oronsay means "ebb island" and there are several tidal islands of this name.[https://web.archive.org/web/20050123073422/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesK-O.pdf Pàrlamaid na h-Alba placenames] Retrieved 16 July 2007.

The three main islands of the Monach Islands (Heisgeir), Ceann Iar, Ceann Ear and Shivinish are connected at low tides. It is said that at one time it was also possible to walk all the way to Baleshare, and on to North Uist, {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=on|abbr=off|0}} away at low tide. In the 16th century, a large tidal wave was said to have washed the route away.

St Ninian's Isle is connected to Mainland Shetland by a tombolo. Although greater than 40 hectares in size it fails to meet the definition of an island used in this list as it is only surrounded by water during occasional spring tides and storms.[https://web.archive.org/web/20040830045641/http://www.fettes.com/shetland/tombolo.htm Fettes College Shetland Landscapes] Retrieved 3 August 2007.

Dùn in St Kilda is separated from Hirta by a shallow strait about {{convert|50|m|ft|sigfig=2|abbr=off}} wide. This is normally impassable but is reputed to dry out on rare occasions.

File:Eileanan Chearabhaigh.jpg at centre, with mainland Benbecula in the foreground and the northern tip of Wiay beyond]]

There are a number of offshore islands that defy easy classification.

• Ceallasaigh Mòr and Ceallasaigh Beag are islands in Loch Maddy, North Uist which are both c. {{convert|50|ha|acre}} in extent at high tide. At low tide they are connected to one another and several other small tidal islets in the shallow lagoon that surrounds them.
• Eileanan Iasgaich in Loch Boisdale, South Uist comprises five small islands and several other islets at high tide but forms a single large one of {{convert|50|ha|acre}} at low tide.
• Eileanan Chearabhaigh. At low tide these islands form a peninsula with a total area of {{convert|49|ha|acre}}, which is connected to Benbecula by drying sands. At high tide the connection to Benbecula is lost and a number of small islets stretching for over {{convert|2|km|mi}} from east to west appear, the largest of which is about {{convert|30|ha|acre}} in extent.
• The Crowlin Islands, located in the Inner Sound off Raasay are three separate islands at high tide and a single one of {{convert|270|ha|acre}} at low tide.
• Similarly, Lunga in the Firth of Lorn is six or more separate islets at high tide but a single one of {{convert|254|ha|acre}} at low tide.

Image:Castle Stalker Scotland.jpg]]

There are several small Scottish islands that are dominated by a castle or other fortification. The castle is often better known than the island, and the islands are often tidal or bridged. Due to their picturesque nature some of them are well known from postcards and films. Examples are:

• Bass Rock
• Broch of West Burrafirth
• Castle Island
• Calvay
• Castle Stalker
• Castle Tioram
• Eilean Aigas (F)
• Eilean Dearg, Loch Riddon
• Eilean Donan
• Inchtalla (F)
• Inveruglas Isle (F)
• Kilchurn Castle (F)
• Kisimul Castle
• Lochindorb Castle (F)
• Loch Leven Castle (F)
• Mousa
• Threave Castle (F)
• Wyre

Many of the Islands of the Forth and southern Orkney Islands have fortifications from the two world wars. Rosyth Castle stands on a former island.

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A large number of the islands of Scotland have some kind of culdee/church connection, and/or are dominated by a church. The more notable include:

• Island Davaar
• Egilsay
• Eynhallow
• Holy Island
• Inchcolm
• Inch Kenneth
• Inchmahome (F)
• Iona
• Isle Maree
• North Rona
• Oronsay
• Papa Stronsay (current Transalpine Redemptorist monastery. Islands called "Papa" or "Pabbay" tend to be former saints' islands)
• St Ninian's Isle
• St Serf's Inch (F)
• Tiree ("land of Iona")

Brother Isle's name is not ecclesiastical in origin as is sometimes stated.

This is a list of islands, which are known to be named after someone. In some cases such as North Ronaldsay this status may not be obvious (it isn't named after a "Ronald", unlike South Ronaldsay). This list omits names such as Hildasay, where the person in question is mythological, or Ailsa Craig, where the individual in question is not known, and also Colonsay & Egilsay where the derivation is disputed.

• Eilean Chaluim Chille - Saint Columba
• Island Davaar - Saint Barr
• Eilean Donan - Saint Donan
• Flannan Isles - Saint Flannan
• Frank Lockwood's Island (south of Lochbuie, Mull)
• Inchcolm - Saint Columba
• Inch Kenneth - Saint Kenneth
• Inchmarnock - Saint Mearnag
• Inchmahome (F) - Saint Colmag
• Inchmurrin (F) - Saint Meadhran/Mirin
• Innis Chonan (F) - Saint Conan
• Isle Maree (F) - Maelrubha
• Isle Martin - Saint Martin
• North Rona - Saint Ronan
• St Serf's Inch (F) - Saint Serf
• Sweyn Holm – Sweyn Asleifsson
• Taransay - Saint Taran

Iqbal Singh, the owner of Vacsay, has also expressed wishes to rename it after Robert Burns.

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Some places in Scotland with names including "isle" or "island" are not islands. They include:

Lewis and Harris are separated by a range of hills but form one island, and are sometimes referred to as "Lewis and Harris". Isle of Whithorn and the Black Isle are peninsulas, and Isleornsay is a village which looks out onto the island of Ornsay. There is no commonly accepted derivation for "Burntisland" which had numerous other forms in the past, such as "Brintilun" and "Ye Brint Eland".[http://www.burntisland.net/ Burntisland Online] Retrieved 22 June 2007.

Gluss Isle at the western entrance to Sullom Voe is one of the many promontories in Orkney and Shetland connected to a larger body of land by an ayre.

Image:Vementry.jpg Farm, on Mainland Shetland, with Isle of Vementry in hinterground]]

The name "Inch" (Innis) can mean island (e.g. Inchkenneth, Inchcolm), but is also used for terra firma surrounded by marsh e.g. Markinch, Insch.

Eilean is Gaelic for "island". However, Inistrynich, Eilean na Maodail, Eilean Dubh and Liever Island are all promontories on Loch Awe as opposed to islands, despite their names. Likewise Eilean Aoidhe on Loch Fyne. The Black Isle is also An t-Eilean Dubh in Gaelic, while Eilean Glas is part of Scalpay.

"-holm" is also common as a suffix in various landlocked placenames, especially in the far south of mainland Scotland e.g. Langholm, Kirk Yetholm, Holmhead (by Cumnock), Holmhill (next to Thornhill, Nithsdale). Some of these were river islands in their time, or dry land surrounded by marsh. "Holm" can be found in an element in Holmsgarth, now a suburb of Lerwick and the Parish of Holm on Mainland Shetland and Mainland Orkney respectively. Neither of these is an island in its own right.

Likewise, occasionally an island may be named after a location on the nearby mainland, or a major neighbouring island – or vice versa. Examples of this include: Vementry, which was originally the name of an island, but whose name has been transferred to a nearby farm on Mainland Shetland; Oldany Island, whose name has been transferred to Oldany; Cramond Island which is named after neighbouring Cramond (a district of Edinburgh); and Eilean Mhealasta in the Outer Hebrides, which is named after Mealista on Lewis.

The name Easdale appears to be the combination of eas, which is Gaelic for "waterfall" and dal, the Norse for "valley".{{sfnp|Haswell-Smith|2004|p=78}} However, it is not clear why either description should apply to this tiny island which is low-lying and has no waterfalls and the name may have come from the nearby village of the same name on Seil.{{sfnp|Murton|2017|p=29}}

File:Stac Lì and Boreray - geograph.org.uk - 1441491.jpg off the coast of Boreray, St Kilda]]

{{main|List of sea stacks in Scotland}}

It has been estimated that there are about 275 sea stacks in Scotland, of which around 110 are located around the coasts of Shetland.{{sfn|Mellor|2020|pp=5-6}} The highest are Stac an Armin and Stac Lee,{{sfn|Mellor|2020|p=138}} St Kilda. In July 1967, 15 million people watched the climbing of the Old Man of Hoy live on BBC television.{{cite web |title=The Great Climb |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/greatclimb/sec3_pg3.shtml |publisher=BBC Scotland |access-date=10 December 2011}} However, for many of the remoter stacks, especially in Shetland, there is no record of there having been any attempt by rock climbers to ascend them.{{sfn|Mellor|2020|p=184}}

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Crannogs are prehistoric artificial islands created in lochs. There are several hundred sites in Scotland. Today, crannogs typically appear as small, circular islands, between 10 and 30 metres (30–100 feet) in diameter.{{cite web| url=http://www.crannog.co.uk/what-is-a-crannog| title=What is a crannog?| publisher=Scottish Crannog Centre| access-date=12 November 2016}} Scottish crannogs include:

• Breachacha on Coll
• Cherry Island in Loch Ness
• Dùn Anlaimh on Coll
• Eilean Dòmhnuill on North Uist
• Keppinch (or The Kitchen) in Loch Lomond

{{Portal|Scottish islands}}

Image:Inchcolm Abbey.jpg Abbey, Firth of Forth]]

• British Isles
• Geography of Scotland
• List of the British Isles by area
• List of lochs on Scottish islands
• List of Marilyns on Scottish islands
• List of Munros on Skye and Mull
• List of Orkney islands
• List of Outer Hebrides
• List of Shetland islands
• Scottish island names

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