List of islands of Scotland

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This is a list of the islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain, as well as a table of the largest Scottish islands. Rockall is claimed by the United Kingdom as part of Scotland, but its status is disputed.

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1 List of islands
2 Largest islands in Scotland
3 List of inhabited islands by Population Size
4 Freshwater islands
5 Places called "island" or "isle" which are not islands
6 See also
7 Reference
8 External link

[edit] List of islands

Name	Island Group / Location
Ailsa Craig	Firth of Clyde
Arran	Firth of Clyde
Ascrib Islands	Inner Hebrides
Auskerry	Orkney Islands
Bac Mór	Treshnish Isles
Baleshare	Outer Hebrides
Balta	Shetland Islands
Barra	Outer Hebrides
Bass Rock	Firth of Forth
Belnahua	Slate Islands
Benbecula	Outer Hebrides
Berneray near Barra	Outer Hebrides
Berneray near North Uist	Outer Hebrides
Bigga	Shetland Islands
Bottle Island	Summer Isles
Boreray	St Kilda
Boreray	Outer Hebrides
Bressay	Shetland Islands
Brother Isle	Shetland Islands
Bruray	Out Skerries
Burnt Islands	Firth of Clyde
Burra	Shetland Islands
Burray	Orkney Islands
Bute	Firth of Clyde
Cairn na Burgh Beag	Treshnish Isles
Cairn na Burgh More	Treshnish Isles
Calf of Eday	Orkney Islands
Calf of Flotta	Orkney Islands
Calve Island	Inner Hebrides
Calvay	Outer Hebrides
Campay	Outer Hebrides
Canna	Small Isles
Cara Island	Inner Hebrides
Carna	Inner Hebrides
Cava	Orkney Islands
Ceann Ear	Monarch Islands
Ceann Iar	Monarch Islands
Cearstaidh	Outer Hebrides
Clett	Inner Hebrides
Clettack Skerry	Pentland Skerries
Coll	Inner Hebrides
Colonsay	Inner Hebrides
Copinsay	Orkney Islands
Corn Holm	Orkney Islands
Craigleith	Firth of Forth
Craiglethy	Fowlsheugh
Cramond Island	Firth of Forth
Craro	Inner Hebrides
Crowlin Islands	Inner Hebrides
Damsay	Orkney Islands
Danna Island	Inner Hebrides
Davaar	Firth of Clyde
Deasker	Monarch Islands
Dubh Artach	Inner Hebrides
Dun, St Kilda	St Kilda
Dún Channuill	Garvellachs
Easdale	Slate Islands
East Linga	Shetland Islands
Eday	Orkney Islands
Egilsay	Orkney Islands
Eigg	Small Isles
Eilean Ban	Inner Hebrides
Eileach an Naoimh	Garvellachs
Eilean Chaluim Chille	Outer Hebrides
Eilean Chathastail	Inner Hebrides
Eilean Dubh	Firth of Clyde
Eilean Dubh	Summer Isles
Eilean Dubh Mór	Inner Hebrides
Eilean Fladday	Inner Hebrides
Eilean Shona	Inner Hebrides
Eilean Uibhard	Outer Hebrides
Eilean Macaskin	Inner Hebrides
Eilean Mullagrach	Summer Isles
Eilean Nan Ron	Highland
Eilean Righ	Inner Hebrides
Eilean Tigh	Inner Hebrides
Eileanan Iasgaich	Outer Hebrides
Ensay	Outer Hebrides
Eorsa	Inner Hebrides
Eriskay	Outer Hebrides
Erraid	Inner Hebrides
Isle of Ewe	Highland
Eyebroughy	Firth of Forth
Eynhallow	Orkney Islands
Fair Isle	Shetland Islands
Fara	Orkney Islands
Faray	Orkney Islands
Fetlar	Shetland Islands
Fiaray	Outer Hebrides
Fidra	Firth of Forth
Fish Holm	Shetland Islands
Fladda	Slate Islands
Fladda	Treshnish Isles
Flaray	Outer Hebrides
Floday	Outer Hebrides
Flodday near Barra	Outer Hebrides
Flodday near Vatersay	Outer Hebrides
Floddaybeg	Outer Hebrides
Floddaymore	Outer Hebrides
Flotta	Orkney Islands
Foula	Shetland Islands
Fuday	Outer Hebrides
Fuiay	Outer Hebrides
Gairsay	Orkney Islands
Garbh Eileach	Garvellachs
Garb Sgeir	Inner Hebrides
Gigalum Island	Inner Hebrides
Gigha	Inner Hebrides
Gighay	Outer Hebrides
Gilsay	Outer Hebrides
Glas-leac Beag	Summer Isles
Glas-leac Mor	Summer Isles
Glimps Holm	Orkney Islands
Gloup Holm	Shetland Islands
Glunimore Island	Firth of Clyde
Gometra	Inner Hebrides
Graemsay	Orkney Islands
Great Bernera	Outer Hebrides
Great Cumbrae	Firth of Clyde
Grimsay	Outer Hebrides
Groay	Outer Hebrides
Gruinard Island	Highland
Grunay	Out Skerries
Gruney	Shetland Islands
Gunna	Inner Hebrides
Haaf Gruney	Shetland Islands
Handa	Highland
Harlosh Island	Inner Hebrides
Hascosay	Shetland Islands
Hearnish	Monarch Islands
Helliar Holm	Orkney Islands
Hellisay	Outer Hebrides
Hermetray	Outer Hebrides
Hestan Island	Solway Firth
Hildasay	Shetland Islands
Hirta	St Kilda
Holm of Faray	Orkney Islands
Holm of Huip	Orkney Islands
Holm of Papay	Orkney Islands
Holm of Scockness	Orkney Islands
Holy Isle	Firth of Clyde
Horse Island	Small Isles
Horse Island	Summer Isles
Horse Isle	Firth of Clyde
Housay	Out Skerries
Hoy	Orkney Islands
Hunda	Orkney Islands
Huney	Shetland Islands
Inchcolm	Firth of Forth
Inchgarvie	Firth of Forth
Inchkeith	Firth of Forth
Inch Kenneth	Inner Hebrides
Inchmarnock	Firth of Clyde
Inchmickery	Firth of Forth
Iona	Inner Hebrides
Isay	Inner Hebrides
Islay	Inner Hebrides
Jura	Inner Hebrides

Name	Island Group / Location
Kerrera	Inner Hebrides
Kili Holm	Orkney Islands
Killegray	Outer Hebrides
Kirkibost	Outer Hebrides
Lady's Holm	Shetland Islands
Lady Isle	Firth of Clyde
Lamba	Shetland Islands
Lamb Holm	Orkney Islands
The Lamb	Firth of Forth
Lewis with Harris	Outer Hebrides
Linga near Muckle Roe	Shetland Islands
Linga near Shetland Mainland	Shetland Islands
Linga near Yell	Shetland Islands
Linga Holm	Orkney Islands
Lingay near Harris	Outer Hebrides
Lingay near North Uist	Outer Hebrides
Lismore	Inner Hebrides
Little Bernera	Outer Hebrides
Little Colonsay	Inner Hebrides
Little Cumbrae	Firth of Clyde
Little Roe	Shetland Islands
Little Skerry	Pentland Skerries
Longa Island	Highland
Longay	Inner Hebrides
Louther Skerry	Pentland Skerries
Luing	Slate Islands
Lunga	Slate Islands
Lunga	Treshnish Isles
Lunna Holm	Shetland Islands
Isle Martin	Summer Isles
Isle of May	Firth of Forth
Mealasta	Outer Hebrides
Mingay	Inner Hebrides
Mingulay	Outer Hebrides
Moul of Eswick	Shetland Islands
Mousa	Shetland Islands
Muck	Small Isles
Muckle Flugga	Shetland Islands
Muckle Green Holm	Orkney Islands
Muckle Ossa	Shetland Islands
Muckle Roe	Shetland Islands
Muckle Skerry	Pentland Skerries
Mugdrum Island	Firth of Tay
Muldoanich	Outer Hebrides
Mull	Inner Hebrides
North Havra	Shetland Islands
North Rona	Atlantic Ocean
North Ronaldsay	Orkney Islands
North Uist	Outer Hebrides
Noss	Shetland Islands
Oigh-Sgeir	Inner Hebrides
Oldany Island	Highland
Opsay	Outer Hebrides
Orfasay	Shetland Islands
Orkney Mainland	Orkney Islands
Ornsay	Inner Hebrides
Oronsay, Inner Hebrides	Inner Hebrides
Oronsay, Outer Hebrides	Outer Hebrides
Orosay	Outer Hebrides
Orsay	Inner Hebrides
Out Stack	Shetland Islands
Oxna	Shetland Islands
Pabay	Inner Hebrides
Pabay Mór	Outer Hebrides
Pabbay near Barra	Outer Hebrides
Pabbay near Harris	Outer Hebrides
Papa	Shetland Islands
Papa Little	Shetland Islands
Papa Stour	Shetland Islands
Papa Stronsay	Orkney Islands
Papa Westray	Orkney Islands
Pladda	Firth of Clyde
Priest Island	Summer Isles
Raasay	Inner Hebrides
Isle Ristol	Summer Isles
Ronay	Outer Hebrides
Rough	Solway Firth
Rousay	Orkney Islands
Rùm	Small Isles
Rusk Holm	Orkney Islands
Rysa Little	Orkney Islands
Samphrey	Shetland Islands
Sanda	Firth of Clyde
Sanday, Orkney	Orkney Islands
Sanday, Inner Hebrides	Small Isles
Sandray	Outer Hebrides
Scalpay, Inner Hebrides	Inner Hebrides
Scalpay, Outer Hebrides	Outer Hebrides
Scaravay	Outer Hebrides
Scarba	Inner Hebrides
Scarp	Outer Hebrides
Scotasay	Outer Hebrides
Seaforth Island	Outer Hebrides
Seil	Slate Islands
Sgat Mór and Sgat Beag	Firth of Clyde
Shapinsay	Orkney Islands
Sheep Island	Firth of Clyde
Shetland Mainland	Shetland Islands
Shiant Islands	Outer Hebrides
Shillay	Outer Hebrides
Shillay	Monach Islands
Shuna	Slate Islands
Shuna, Loch Linnhe	Inner Hebrides
Skye	Inner Hebrides
Soay, Inner Hebrides	Inner Hebrides
Soay, St Kilda	St Kilda
Soay Beag	Outer Hebrides
Soay Mor	Outer Hebrides
South Gruney	Shetland Islands
South Havra	Shetland Islands
South Isle of Gletness	Shetland Islands
South Rona	Inner Hebrides
South Ronaldsay	Orkney Islands
South Uist	Outer Hebrides
St Ninian's Isle	Shetland Islands
Staffa	Inner Hebrides
Stockay	Monarch Islands
Stockinish Island	Outer Hebrides
Stroma	Highland
Stromay	Outer Hebrides
Stronsay	Orkney Islands
Stuley	Outer Hebrides
Sula Sgeir	Atlantic Ocean
Sule Skerry	Atlantic Ocean
Sule Stack	Atlantic Ocean
Sursay	Outer Hebrides
Sweyn Holm	Orkney Islands
Switha	Orkney Islands
Swona	Orkney Islands
Tahay	Outer Hebrides
Tanera Beg	Summer Isles
Tanera Mor	Summer Isles
Taransay	Outer Hebrides
Tarner Island	Inner Hebrides
Texa	Inner Hebrides
Tiree	Inner Hebrides
Torsa	Slate Islands
Trondra	Shetland Islands
Ulva	Inner Hebrides
Unst	Shetland Islands
Urie Lingey	Shetland Islands
Uyea	Shetland Islands
Uynarey	Shetland Islands
Vacsay	Outer Hebrides
Vaila	Shetland Islands
Vallay	Outer Hebrides
Vatersay	Outer Hebrides
Vementry	Shetland Islands
Vuia Beg	Outer Hebrides
Vuia Mor	Outer Hebrides
West Linga	Shetland Islands
Westray	Orkney Islands
Whalsay	Shetland Islands
Wiay, Skye	Inner Hebrides
Wiay, Uist	Outer Hebrides
Wyre	Orkney Islands
Yell	Shetland Islands

[edit] Largest islands in Scotland

	Island	Area (sq mi)	Area (km²)
1	Lewis and Harris	859.19	2225.30
2	Skye	643.28	1666.08
3	Shetland Mainland	373.36	967.0
4	Mull	347.21	899.25
5	Islay	239.21	619.56
6	Orkney Mainland	206.99	536.10
7	Arran	168.08	435.32
8	Jura	142.99	370.35
9	North Uist	135.71	351.49
10	South Uist	128.36	332.45

[edit] List of inhabited islands by Population Size

	Island	Local Authority	Population (2001 census)
1	Lewis & Harris	Western Isles	19,918
2	Shetland Mainland	Shetland	17,550
3	Orkney Mainland	Orkney	15,315
4	Skye	Highland	9,232
5	Bute	Argyll & Bute	7,149
6	Arran	North Ayrshire	5,058
7	Islay	Argyll & Bute	3,457
8	Mull	Argyll & Bute	2,667
9	South Uist	Western Isles	1,818
10	Great Cumbrae	North Ayrshire	1,434
11	North Uist	Western Isles	1,271
12	Benbecula	Western Isles	1,219
13	Barra	Western Isles	1,078
14	Whalsay	Shetland	1,034
15	Yell	Shetland	957
16	South Ronaldsay	Orkney	854
17	Tiree	Argyll & Bute	770
18	West Burra	Shetland	753
19	Unst	Shetland	720
20	Westray	Orkney	563
21	Seil	Argyll & Bute	560
22	Sanday	Orkney	478
23	Hoy	Orkney	392
24	Bressay	Shetland	384
25	Burray	Orkney	357
26	Stronsay	Orkney	343
27	Scalpay	Western Isles	322
28	Shapinsay	Orkney	300
29	Bernera	Western Isles	233
30	Luing	Argyll & Bute	212
31	Rousay	Orkney	212
32	Grimsay	Western Isles	201
33	Raasay	Highland	192
34	Jura	Argyll & Bute	188
35	Coll	Argyll & Bute	164
36	Lismore	Argyll & Bute	146
37	Berneray	Western Isles	136
38	Eriskay	Western Isles	133
39	Trondra	Shetland	133
40	Iona	Argyll & Bute	125
41	Eday	Orkney	121
42	Gigha	Argyll & Bute	110
43	Colonsay	Argyll & Bute	108
44	Muckle Roe	Shetland	104
45	Vatersay	Western Isles	94
46	Fetlar	Shetland	86
47	Flotta	Orkney	81
48	North Ronaldsay	Orkney	70
49	Fair Isle	Shetland	69
50	Eigg	Highland	67
51	East Burra	Shetland	66
52	Papa Westray	Orkney	65
53	Easdale	Argyll & Bute	58
54	Housay	Shetland	50
55	Baleshare	Western Isles	49
56	Kerrera	Argyll & Bute	42
57	Egilsay	Orkney	37
58	Foula	Shetland	31
59	Muck	Highland	30
60	Bruray	Shetland	26
61	Papa Stour	Shetland	25
62	Rùm	Highland	22
63	Graemsay	Orkney	21
64	Grimsay	Western Isles	19
65	Wyre	Orkney	18
66	Ulva	Argyll & Bute	16
67	Isle of Ewe	Highland	12
68	Flodda	Western Isles	11
69	Papa Stronsay	Orkney	10
70	Scalpay	Highland	10
71	Eilean Shona	Highland	9
72	Erraid	Argyll & Bute	8
73	Lunga	Argyll & Bute	7
74	Soay	Highland	7
75	Canna	Highland	6
76	Sanday	Highland	6
77	Auskerry	Orkney	5
78	Danna	Argyll & Bute	5
79	Gometra	Argyll & Bute	5
80	Oronsay	Argyll & Bute	5
81	Tanera Mor	Highland	5
82	Gairsay	Orkney	3
83	Davaar	Argyll & Bute	2
84	Eilean Ban	Highland	2
85	Vaila	Shetland	2
86	South Rona	Highland	1
87	Eilean Donnan	Highland	1
88	Sanda	Argyll & Bute	1
89	Shuna (Slate Islands)	Argyll & Bute	1

[edit] Freshwater islands

See List of fresh water islands in Scotland

[edit] Places called "island" or "isle" which are not islands

Some places in Scotland are called islands or isles, but are not. They include:

Black Isle	Ross and Cromarty
Burntisland	Fife
Isle of Harris	Outer Hebrides
Isle of Lewis	Outer Hebrides
Isle of Whithorn	Dumfries and Galloway

[edit] See also

[edit] Reference

The Scottish Islands Hamish Haswell-Smith ISBN 1-84195-454-3

[edit] External link

Scottish Island Network - Population Statistics

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