| Scottish Gaelic name | ùruisg, |
|---|---|
| Old Norse name | Aoraisge |
| Meaning of name | 'water nymph island' or 'Erik's island' |
| Location | |
  Eriska Eriska shown within Scotland | |
| OS grid reference | NM902429 |
| Coordinates | 56°31′55″N 5°24′43″W / 56.532°N 5.412°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Loch Linnhe |
| Area | 145 hectares (360 acres)[1] |
| Area rank | 124= [2] |
| Highest elevation | 47 metres (155') |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Argyll and Bute |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Demographics | |
| Population | No estimate available |
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| References | [3][4][5] |
Eriska is a flat tidal island at the entrance to Loch Creran on the west coast of Scotland.
Privately owned by the Buchanan-Smiths[3] from 1973 until August 2016, Eriska is now owned by Creation Gem, a family-owned business from Hong Kong.[6] The island is run as a hotel with wooded grounds. The island is evidently populated although no record for the total was provided by the census in 2001[7] or 2011.[8]
- ^ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
- ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
- ^ a b Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 49 Oban & East Mull (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2007. ISBN 9780319229774.
- ^ " Isle of Eriska to be operated by Inverlochy Castle Management Company". The Caterer. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ 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.