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Eilean Mullagrach

Coordinates: 58°2′50.17″N 5°27′39.82″W / 58.0472694°N 5.4610611°W / 58.0472694; -5.4610611
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Eilean Mullagrach
Location
Eilean Mullagrach is located in Highland
Eilean Mullagrach
Eilean Mullagrach
Eilean Mullagrach shown within Highland Scotland
Coordinates58°2′50.17″N 5°27′39.82″W / 58.0472694°N 5.4610611°W / 58.0472694; -5.4610611
Physical geography
Area39 hectares (0.15 sq mi)[1]
Highest elevation46 metres (151 ft)[2]
Administration
Council areaHighland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Lymphad

Eilean Mullagrach is an island in the Summer Isles of Scotland.[3] It is located in Highland council area, in the northwestern part of the country, 800 km northwest of the United Kingdom capital London. It is the most northerly of the Summer Isles.[4] Its area is 39 hectares[1][Note 1] and the maximum elevation is 46 metres (151 ft).[2]

In 2024 the island, which has a small cabin and landing point with ladders for a small boat, was put up for sale for "offers over £500,000".[1]

Bird life on the island includes kittiwakes, bonxies, shags and fulmars.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ The Gazetteer for Scotland states 75 ha[4] and "Rick Livingstone's Tables" has 29 ha[5] but the BBC's estimate corresponds more closely to an aproximation from Ordnance Survey maps. Haswell-Smith does not include it in his tables of islands greater in area than 40 ha.[6]
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Island for sale: Limited viewing, sturdy footwear essential.". BBC News. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
  3. ^ "Eilean Mullagrach". Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Mullagrach, Eilean". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Rick Livingstone's Tables of the Islands of Scotland" (PDF). Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  6. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.