Inchmurrin

Inchmurrin
Scottish Gaelic nameInnis Mhearain
Meaning of nameSt Mirin's Island
Location

Satellite image of Inchmurrin
Inchmurrin is located in West Dunbartonshire
Inchmurrin
Inchmurrin
Inchmurrin shown within West Dunbartonshire
OS grid referenceNS379871
Coordinates56°03′N 4°36′W / 56.05°N 4.60°W / 56.05; -4.60
Physical geography
Island groupLoch Lomond
Area120 hectares (0.46 sq mi)[1]
Area rank139= (Freshwater: 1) [2]
Highest elevation89 metres (292 ft)
Administration
Council areaWest Dunbartonshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population8[3]
Population rank70= (Freshwater: 1) [2]
Population density6 people/km2[1][3]
Lymphad
References[4]

Inchmurrin (Scottish Gaelic: Innis Mhearain) is an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland. It is the largest fresh water island in the British Isles.[5]

  1. ^ a b Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 56 Loch Lomond & Inveraray (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229811.
  5. ^ Worsley, Harry (1988). Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends. Glasgow: Lindsay Publications. ISBN 978-1-898169-34-5.