Insh, Slate Islands

Insh Island
Gaelic name Innis
Meaning of name island
Location
Insh Island
Insh shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference NM729192
Coordinates 56°18′40″N 5°40′21″W / 56.311109°N 5.672493°W / 56.311109; -5.672493
Physical geography
Island group Slate Islands
Area 33 hectares (82 acres)[1]
Highest elevation 69 m
Administration
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Argyll and Bute
Demographics
Population 0
References [2][3]

Insh (Scottish Gaelic: innis: island) is an uninhabited island west of the island of Seil in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland.

Insh Island

One of the Slate Islands, Insh Island lies a mile (1.5 km) northeast of Ellenabeich in Seil.[4] It is separated from it by the Sound of Insh. The island rises to 69m (226 feet) and is 36 ha in area. The private owner, David Brearley lived in a cave at the north end between 1973 and 2003.[2]

The Northern sea fan (Swiftia pallida) is found in the waters off Insh Island.[5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
  2. 1 2 Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
  4. ↑ "Insh Island". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  5. ↑ "The Insh Island Sea Fans" (PDF). Northern Sea Fan Project. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

Coordinates: 56°18′40″N 5°40′21″W / 56.31111°N 5.67250°W / 56.31111; -5.67250

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