Calbha Beag

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Calbha Beag
Scottish Gaelic nameCalbha Beag
Meaning of nameLittle calf island [1]
Location
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Calbha Beag
Calbha Beag shown within Scotland
OS grid reference NC156367
Coordinates 58°17′N5°08′W / 58.28°N 05.14°W / 58.28; -05.14
Physical geography
Island groupIslands of Sutherland
Area45 hectares (110 acres) [2]
Area rank210= (?) [3]
Highest elevation41 metres (135 ft)
Administration
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Highland
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited [4]
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Calbha Beag is an uninhabited island in Eddrachillis Bay, off Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. It is immediately to the west of Calbha Mor.

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An estimate of the area from Ordnance Survey suggest a figure of about 31 hectares (77 acres), [5] although it has been listed by Rick Livingstone as totalling 45 hectares (110 acres), possibly including areas exposed at low tide. [2]

Notes

  1. Mac an Tàilleir p. 25
  2. 1 2 "Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland" (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. Area and population ranks: there are c.300 islands over 20ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  4. 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.
  5. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 15 Loch Assynt (Lochinver & Kylesku) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN   9780319231265.

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Coordinates: 58°16′48″N5°08′48″W / 58.2801°N 5.1466°W / 58.2801; -5.1466