Eilean Chearstaidh
Scottish Gaelic name | Eilean Cearstaigh |
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Meaning of name | "Hart island", from Norse |
Location | |
OS grid reference | NB198333 |
Coordinates | 58°12′N 6°46′W / 58.2°N 6.77°W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Lewis and Harris |
Area | 77 ha |
Area rank | 166= [1] |
Highest elevation | 37 m |
Administration | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Outer Hebrides |
References | [2][3][4][5] |
Eilean Kearstay (
Loch Roag in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland
.
It lies south east of Great Bernera, just across the water from the headland of Callanish.
In 1990 the island was sold by Prince
Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees
to an Australian. It was sold to new owners three years later.
Notes and references
- 2011 census.
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Iain Mac an Tailleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
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58°12′N 6°46′W / 58.200°N 6.767°W