List of islands of Scotland

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This is a list of the islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain, as well as a table of the largest Scottish islands. Rockall is claimed by the United Kingdom as part of Scotland, but its status is disputed.

Contents 1 List of islands 2 Largest islands in Scotland 3 List of inhabited islands by Population Size 4 Places called "island" or "isle" which are not islands 5 See also 6 Reference 7 External link

List of islands

Largest islands in Scotland

	Island	Area (sq mi)	Area (sq km)
1	Lewis and Harris	859.19	2225.30
2	Skye	643.28	1666.08
3	Shetland Mainland	373.36	967.0
4	Mull	347.21	899.25
5	Islay	246.64	614.52
6	Orkney Mainland	206.99	536.10
7	Arran	168.08	435.32
8	Jura	142.99	370.35
9	North Uist	135.71	351.49
10	South Uist	128.36	332.45

List of inhabited islands by Population Size

	Island	Local Authority	Population (2001 census)
1	Lewis & Harris	Western Isles	19,918
2	Shetland Mainland	Shetland	17,550
3	Orkney Mainland	Orkney	15,315
4	Skye	Highland	9,232
5	Bute	Argyll & Bute	7,149
6	Arran	North Ayrshire	5,058
7	Islay	Argyll & Bute	3,457
8	Mull	Argyll & Bute	2,667
9	South Uist	Western Isles	1,818
10	Great Cumbrae	North Ayrshire	1,434
11	North Uist	Western Isles	1,271
12	Benbecula	Western Isles	1,219
13	Barra	Western Isles	1,078
14	Whalsay	Shetland	1,034
15	Yell	Shetland	957
16	South Ronaldsay	Shetland	854
17	Tiree	Argyll & Bute	770
18	West Burra	Shetland	753
19	Unst	Shetland	720
20	Westray	Orkney	563
21	Seil	Argyll & Bute	560
22	Sanday	Orkney	478
23	Hoy	Orkney	392
24	Bressay	Shetland	384
25	Burray	Orkney	357
26	Stronsay	Orkney	343
27	Scalpay	Western Isles	322
28	Shapinsay	Orkney	300
29	Bernera	Western Isles	233
30	Luing	Argyll & Bute	212
31	Rousay	Orkney	212
32	Grimsay	Western Isles	201
33	Raasay	Highland	192
34	Jura	Argyll & Bute	188
35	Coll	Argyll & Bute	164
36	Lismore	Argyll & Bute	146
37	Berneray	Western Isles	136
38	Eriskay	Western Isles	133
39	Trondra	Shetland	133
40	Iona	Argyll & Bute	125
41	Eday	Orkney	121
42	Gigha	Argyll & Bute	110
43	Colonsay	Argyll & Bute	108
44	Muckle Roe	Shetland	104
45	Vatersay	Western Isles	94
46	Fetlar	Shetland	86
47	Flotta	Orkney	81
48	North Ronaldsay	Orkney	70
49	Fair Isle	Shetland	69
50	Eigg	Highland	67
51	East Burra	Shetland	66
52	Papa Westray	Orkney	65
53	Easdale	Argyll & Bute	58
54	Housay	Shetland	50
55	Baleshare	Western Isles	49
56	Kerrera	Argyll & Bute	42
57	Egilsay	Orkney	37
58	Foula	Shetland	31
59	Muck	Highland	30
60	Bruray	Shetland	26
61	Papa Stour	Shetland	25
62	Rùm	Highland	22
63	Graemsay	Orkney	21
64	Grimsay	Western Isles	19
65	Wyre	Orkney	18
66	Ulva	Argyll & Bute	16
67	Isle of Ewe	Highland	12
68	Flodda	Western Isles	11
69	Papa Stronsay	Orkney	10
70	Scalpay	Highland	10
71	Eilean Shona	Highland	9
72	Erraid	Argyll & Bute	8
73	Lunga	Argyll & Bute	7
74	Soay	Highland	7
75	Canna	Highland	6
76	Sanday	Highland	6
77	Auskerry	Orkney	5
78	Danna	Argyll & Bute	5
79	Gometra	Argyll & Bute	5
80	Oronsay	Argyll & Bute	5
81	Tanera Mor	Highland	5
82	Gairsay	Orkney	3
83	Davaar	Argyll & Bute	2
84	Eilean Ban	Highland	2
85	Vaila	Shetland	2
86	South Rona	Highland	1
87	Eilean Donnan	Highland	1
88	Sanda	Argyll & Bute	1
89	Shuna (Slate Islands)	Argyll & Bute	1

Places called "island" or "isle" which are not islands

Some places in Scotland are called islands or isles, but are not. They include:

See also

• Geography of Scotland
• List of islands of England
• List of islands of Wales
• List of islands of Ireland
• List of the British Isles

Reference

The Scottish Islands Hamish Haswell-Smith ISBN 1841954543

External link

Scottish Island Network - Population Statistics

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