| Scottish Gaelic name | Eilean MhicAsgain |
|---|---|
| Location | |
  Island Macaskin Island Macaskin shown within Argyll and Bute | |
| OS grid reference | NR786994 |
| Coordinates | 56°08′N 5°34′W / 56.14°N 5.56°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Islay |
| Area | 50 hectares (0.19 sq mi) [1][2] |
| Area rank | 199= [3] |
| Highest elevation | 65 m |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Argyll and Bute |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Demographics | |
| Largest settlement | Main hut |
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| References | [4][5][6] |
Island Macaskin or MacAskin (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean MhicAsgain) is an island in Loch Craignish, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is owned by the Jenkin family and has been since 1904.
- ^ "Overview of Island Macaskin". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
- ^ Both Haswell-Smith (2004) and the Gazetteer for Scotland state the area is 50 ha. However, estimates from Ordnance Survey maps suggest it may be in the 60-70 ha range.
- ^ 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.
- ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands Archived 2007-05-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 July 2007.
- ^ "Get-a-Map". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 14 September 2009
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 56–58. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.