Shiant Islands

Landsat image of the Little Minch. The Shiant Islands are at centre between the much larger islands of Lewis and Harris to the west and northern Isle of Skye, to the south.

The Shiant Islands[1] (/ʃænt/; Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Mòra [nə ˈhelanən ˈmoːɾə] or Na h-Eileanan Seunta [nə ˈhelanən ˈʃiant̪ə] ⓘ) or Shiant Isles are a privately owned island group in the Minch, east of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They are five miles (eight kilometres) southeast of the Isle of Lewis.[2]

  1. ^ "Shiant Islands/Na h-Eileanan Mтra". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ^ Keay, J. & Keay, J. (1994) Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London. HarperCollins.