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Eilean Dubh Mòr (Scottish Gaelic: big black island) is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It lies at the mouth of the Firth of Lorn, between the islands of Lunga and Garbh Eileach. The area of the island has been measured variouslyat 50 hectares (120 acres) by Livingstone[1] and 65 hectares (160 acres) by Haswell-Smith,[4] the latter including the nearby islet of Eilean Dubh Beag (Scottish Gaelic: small black island), which is joined to Eilean Dubh Mòr at low tide.[5]

Eilean Dubh Mòr
Scottish Gaelic nameEilean Dubh Mòr
Meaning of namebig black island

Looking from Eilean Dubh Mòr over the anchorage to Eilean Dubh Beag.
Location
Eilean Dubh Mòr
Eilean Dubh Mòr shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid referenceNM695105
Coordinates56.23°N 5.72°W / 56.23; -5.72
Physical geography
Island groupBlack Islands
Area50 hectares (124 acres)[1]
Area rank199[2]
Highest elevation53 m
Administration
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryScotland
Council areaArgyll and Bute
Demographics
Population0[3]
References[4][5][6]

Footnotes


  1. "Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland" (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. Area and population ranks: there are c.300 islands over 20ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  3. National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  5. Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
  6. Iain Mac an Tailleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2007.




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[de] Eilean Dubh Mòr

Eilean Dubh Mòr (deutsch große schwarze Insel) ist eine nur per Boot erreichbare unbewohnte Insel der Slate Islands, der Inneren Hebriden in Argyll and Bute in Schottland. Sie liegt im Firth of Lorn, zwischen den Inseln Lunga und Garbh Eileach, einer Insel der Garvellachs.
- [en] Eilean Dubh Mòr

[es] Eilean Dubh Mòr

Eilean Dubh Mòr (del gaélico escocés: gran isla negra), es una isla deshabitada, localizada en archipiélago de las Hébridas Interiores, en Escocia. Se encuentra ubicada en la boca del Firth of Lorn, entre las islas de Lunga y Garbh Eileach.

[fr] Eilean Dubh Mòr

Eilean Dubh Mòr est une île du Royaume-Uni située en Écosse.



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