Longa Island

Longa Island (Gaelic: Longa) is a small uninhabited island at the mouth of Loch Gairloch, on the west coast of Scotland. Longa is nearly a mile in length with an area of 126 ha (310 acres) and a maximum height of 70 metres (230 ft) above sea level.

Longa Island

Scottish Gaelic name	Longa
Old Norse name	Possibly Long-øy
Meaning of name	Gaelic, 'long' Old Norse 'ship Island'
Location
Longa Island Longa Island shown within Highland Scotland
OS grid reference	NG736776
Coordinates	57.72°N 5.8°W
Physical geography
Island group	Highland
Area	126 hectares (0.49 sq mi)
Area rank	132 [1]
Highest elevation	Druim am Eilean 70 metres (230 ft)
Administration
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Council area	Highland Council
Demographics
Population	0[2]
References	[3][4][5]

Geology

The island is mainly sandstone covered with grass and heather.[4]

Economy

There was a small fishing community in early in the 19th century; the island had become deserted by the latter part. Today only sheep graze the island in the summer months.

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  Longa Island, across the Caolas Beag
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  Shags on Sron na Caillich
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  Unmapped Sea Cave Below An Raon
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  Camus na Rainich

Notes and references

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. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 19 Gairloch & Ullapool (Loch Maree) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319231074.
4. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
5. Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.