Priest Island

Priest Island
Scottish Gaelic nameEilean a' Chlèirich
Meaning of namePriest Island
Location
Priest Island is located in Highland
Priest Island
Priest Island
Priest Island shown within Highland Scotland
OS grid referenceNB925025
Coordinates57°58′N 5°31′W / 57.96°N 5.51°W / 57.96; -5.51
Physical geography
Island groupSummer Isles
Area122 ha
Area rank136= [1]
Highest elevation78 m
Administration
Council areaHighland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population0[2]
Lymphad
References[3][4]

Priest Island (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean a' Chlèirich) is a small, uninhabited island in the Summer Isles off the west coast of Scotland.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 190
  4. ^ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.