Glunimore Island
Location | |
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OS grid reference | NR7419905020 |
Coordinates | 55°17′14″N 5°33′33″W / 55.28716°N 5.55912°W |
Administration | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Argyll and Bute |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
Glunimore Island is an uninhabited island around 3 miles (5 kilometres) southeast of the
The island is just 200 metres (660 ft) long and rises to a height of 27 metres (89 ft). There is a cave on the shoreline at the north. A drying reef surrounds the island to the north and east. More of these dangerous reefs litter the sound between Glunimore, Sanda and Sheep Island. Paterson's Rock is yet another dangerous rock around 1.5 kilometres (a mile) to the east. Despite these obstacles the
Glunimore and neighbouring Sheep Island are the most important breeding grounds of
The island was visited in 1899 by two naturalists performing a survey for the Natural History Society of Glasgow.
Glunimore Island lends its name to a cottage on neighbouring Sanda Island and to a house in Campbeltown.
References
- ISBN 9780319229637.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.