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==Larger islands==
This is a list of Scottish islands that either have an area greater than 40 hectares (approximately 100 acres) and/or are inhabited. The main groups, from Haswell-Smith (2004), in many cases provide a more useful guide to location than local authority areas. These groups are: [[Firth of Clyde]], [[Islay]], [[Firth of Lorn]], [[Isle of Mull|Mull]], [[Small Isles]], [[Skye]], [[Lewis and Harris]], [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]], [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]], [[Orkney]], [[Shetland]] and [[Firth of Forth]]. In a few cases where the island is part of either a recognisable smaller group or an archipelago, or is located away from the main groups, an archipelago, local authority or other descriptive name is used instead. "F" designates a freshwater island.
 
Scotland's islands include thirteen [[Munro]]s (mountains with a height over 3,000&nbsp;feet or 914.4&nbsp;metres), twelve of them found on Skye, and a total of 227 [[Marilyn (hill)|Marilyns]] (hills with a [[topographic prominence|relative height]] of at least 150&nbsp;metres, regardless of [[elevation|absolute height]]).<ref name="Munros">{{Cite book| author=D.A. Bearhop | year=1997 | title=Munro's Tables | isbn=0-907521-53-3 | publisher=Scottish Mountaineering Club & Trust}}</ref>
[[Image:Orkney Islands.jpg|thumb|200px|Orkney aerial photomap]]
[[Image:Wfm shetland map.png|thumb|200px|The [[Shetland]] archipelago]]
[[Image:Kirkabister Ness.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Bressay|Bressay Lighthouse]] at Kirkabister Ness, Shetland]]
[[Image:Old man of hoy2.jpg|thumb||200px|The [[Old Man of Hoy]], Orkney, a 137&nbsp;metre (450&nbsp;ft) [[Stack (geology)|sea stack]] of [[Old Red Sandstone|red sandstone]]]]
[[Image:Tobermory, Isle of Mull.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Tobermory, Mull|Tobermory]] harbour, [[Isle of Mull]]]]
[[Image:Creag na Bruaich.jpg|thumb|200px|The cliffs of Creag na Bruaich, [[Raasay]]]]
[[Image:Dubh artach.jpg|200px|right|thumb|''[[Dhu Heartach]] Lighthouse, During Construction'' by [[Sam Bough]] (1822-1878).]]
[[Image:Scotland-Staffa-Fingals-Cave-1900.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Fingal's Cave]], [[Staffa]]]]
[[Image:Kisimul Castle.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Kisimul Castle]], [[Barra]]]]
[[Image:Ailsa Craig2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Ailsa Craig]] from the [[South Ayrshire]] coast]]
[[Image:Iona Abbey.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Iona Abbey]]]]
[[Image:Shiant Isles.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Shiant Isles]]]]
[[Image:Muckle Flugga.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Muckle Flugga]] [[lighthouse]], [[Shetland]]]]
[[Image:papsofjura1.jpg|thumb|200px|Two of the Paps of [[Jura, Scotland|Jura]]. ''Photo by John Shaw'']]
[[Image:Earl's Palace - Birsay.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Earl's Palace, Birsay|The Earl's Palace, Birsay]], [[Orkney]]]]
[[Image:Klippen bei Eshaness3 5845.JPG|200px|thumb|The cliffs of Eshaness, [[North Mainland, Shetland]]]]
[[Image:Bass Rock from Tantallon Castle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[Bass Rock]] from [[Tantallon Castle]]]]
[[Image:Mv isle of lewis summer isles.jpg|thumb|right|200px|MV ''Isle of Lewis'' in [[The Minch]]]]
[[Image:Sula Sgeir from the South West.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Sula Sgeir]] from the South West.]]
[[Image:Panorama of Stornoway.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Stornoway]] harbour, [[Lewis]]]]
[[Image:Fair Isle - West cliffs.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Fair Isle]] cliffs]]
[[Image:Callanish standing stones 1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Callanish]] Standing Stones, [[Lewis]]]]
[[Image:Tiree, Balephuil Bay.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Machair (geography)|Machair]] at Balephuil Bay, [[Tiree]]]]
[[Image:Peeriebard.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The east coast of [[Mousa]] towards the [[Peerie Bard]].]]
[[Image:Clisham.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Clisham]], [[Harris, Outer Hebrides|Harris]]]]
[[Image:Eigg.AnSgurr.Canthusus.jpg|thumb|200px|[[An Sgurr (Eigg)|An Sgurr]], [[Eigg]]]]
[[Image:Quiraing, Isle of Skye.jpg|thumb|200px|The rock pinnacles of the [[Quiraing]], [[Skye]]]]
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Island
!Group
!Area ([[hectare|ha]]) <ref>Haswell-Smith (2004), save as otherwise stated.</ref>{{#tag:ref|Island areas indicated with an asterisk are estimates based on [[Ordnance Survey]] maps and General Register Office for Scotland statistics.|group="Note"}}
!Population <ref name=NRS/>{{#tag:ref|Islands classified as inhabited in the 2001 census but not in 2011, and by implication classified as occasionally inhabited, are indicated with a degree symbol °.|group="Note"}}
!Height (m)<ref>{{Ordnance Survey}} Note that the maps mark the height above sea level of a high point on most islands, but in a small number of cases, this may not be the highest peak.</ref>
|-
| [[Ailsa Craig]] (''Creag Ealasaid'')
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|99}}
| 0
| 338
|-
| [[Isle of Arran|Arran]] (''Eilean Arainn'')
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|43201}}
| 4,629
| 874
|-
| [[Auskerry]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|85}}
| 4
| 18
|-
| [[Baleshare]] (''Am Baile Sear'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|910}}
| 58
| 12
|-
| [[Balta, Shetland|Balta]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|80}}
| 0
| 44
|-
| [[Barra]] (''Barraigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|5875}}
| 1,174
| 383
|-
| [[Barra Head]] (''Beàrnaraigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|204}}
| 0
| 193
|-
| [[Benbecula]] (''Beinn nam Fadhla'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|8203}}
| 1,303
| 124
|-
| [[Berneray, North Uist]] (''Beàrnaraigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|1010}}
| 138
| 93<includeonly>
|}</includeonly></onlyinclude>
|-
| [[Bigga, Shetland|Bigga]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|78}}
| 0
| 34
|-
| [[Boreray, St Kilda|Boreray]] (''Boraraigh'')
| [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]
| {{nts|86}}<ref>[http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/pdf/ST.KILDA%20.pdf United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre]</ref>
| 0
| 384
|-
| [[Boreray, North Uist|Boreray]] (''Boighreigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|204}}
| 0
| 56
|-
| [[Bressay]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|2805}}
| 368
| 226
|-
| [[Brother Isle]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|40}}
| 0
| 25
|-
| [[Bruray]]
| [[Out Skerries]]
| {{nts|55}}
| 24
| 53
|-
| [[Burray]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|903}}
| 409
| 80
|-
| [[Isle of Bute|Bute]] (''Bòid'')
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|12217}}
| 6,498
| 278
|-
| [[Calf of Eday]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|243}}
| 0
| 54
|-
| [[Calbha Mor]]
| [[Edrachillis Bay]]
| {{nts|70}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
|67
|-
| [[Calve Island]]
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|72}}
| 0
| 20
|-
| [[Canna, Scotland|Canna]] (''Canaigh'')
| [[Small Isles]]
| {{nts|1130}}
| 12
| 210
|-
| [[Cara Island|Cara]]
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|66}}
| 0
| 56
|-
| [[Càrna]]
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|213}}
| 0
| 169
|-
| [[Cava, Orkney|Cava]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|107}}
| 0
| 38
|-
| [[Ceallasaigh Mòr]]
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|55}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
| 10
|-
| [[Ceallasaigh Beag]]
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|46}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
| 10
|-
| [[Ceann Ear]]
| [[Monach Islands]]
| {{nts|203}}
| 0
| 17
|-
| [[Ceann Iar]]
| [[Monach Islands]]
| {{nts|154}}
| 0
| 19
|-
| [[Coll]] (''Cola'')
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|7685}}
| 195
| 104
|-
| [[Colonsay]] (''Colbhasa'')
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|4074}}
| 124
| 143
|-
| [[Copinsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|73}}
| 0
| 64
|-
| [[Danna, Scotland|Danna]]
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|315}} *
| 1
| 54
|-
| [[Davaar]] (''Eilean Dà Bhàrr'')
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|52}} *
| 0 °
| 115
|-
| [[Dunglass Island]] (F)
| [[River Conon]]
| {{nts|40}} *
| 0
| 8
|-
| [[Easdale]] (''Eilean Èisdeal'')
| [[Slate Islands]]
| <span style="display:none">{{nts|20}}</span> <20 *
| 59
| 38
|-
| [[East Burra]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|515}}
| 76
| 81
|-
| [[Eday]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|2745}}
| 160
| 101
|-
| [[Egilsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|650}}
| 26
| 35
|-
| [[Eigg]] (''Eige'')
| [[Small Isles]]
| {{nts|3049}}
| 83
| 393
|-
| [[Eileach an Naoimh]]
| [[Garvellachs]]
| {{nts|56}}
| 0
| 80
|-
| [[Eilean Bàn, Lochalsh]]
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| <span style="display:none">{{nts|10}}</span> <10 *
| 0 °
| 5
|-
| [[Eilean Chaluim Chille]]
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|85}}
| 0
| 43
|-
| [[Eilean Chearstaidh]]
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|77}}
| 0
| 37
|-
| [[Eilean dà Mhèinn]]
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|3}} *
| 1
| 16
|-
| [[Eilean Donan]]
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| <span style="display:none">{{nts|1}}</span> <1 *
| 0 °
| 3
|-
| [[Eilean Dubh Mòr]]
| [[Slate Islands]]
| {{nts|65}}
| 0
| 53
|-
| [[Eilean Fladday]]
| [[Inner Hebrides]]
| {{nts|120}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
| 39
|-
| [[Eilean Liubhaird]]
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|125}}
| 0
| 76
|-
| [[Eilean Macaskin]]
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|50}}
| 0
| 65
|-
| [[Eilean Meadhonach]]
| [[Crowlin Islands]]
| {{nts|77}}
| 0
| 54
|-
| [[Eilean Mhic Chrion]]
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|54}} *
| 0
| 63
|-
| [[Eilean Mòr, Crowlin Islands|Eilean Mòr]]
| [[Crowlin Islands]]
| {{nts|170}}
| 0
| 114
|-
| [[Eilean Mòr, Loch Langavat|Eilean Mòr]] (F)
| [[Lewis]]
| {{nts|59}} *
| 0
| 64
|-
| [[Eilean nan Ròn]]
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|138}}
| 0
| 76
|-
| [[Eilean Righ]]
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|86}}
| 0
| 55
|-
| [[Eilean Shona]]
| [[Small Isles]]
| {{nts|525}}
| 2
| 265
|-
| [[Eilean Sùbhainn]] (F)
| [[Loch Maree]]
| {{nts|118}} *
| 0
| 36
|-
| [[Eilean Tigh]]
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|54}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
| 111
|-
| [[Eilean Tioram]]
| [[Small Isles]]
| {{nts|2}} *
| 6
| 10
|-
| [[Eilean Trodday]]
| Skye
| {{nts|42}}
| 0
| 45
|-
| [[Eileanan Iasgaich]]
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|50}}
| 0
| 23
|-
| [[Ensay, Outer Hebrides|Ensay]] (''Easaigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|186}}
| 0
| 49
|-
| [[Eorsa]]
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|122}}
| 0
| 98
|-
| [[Eriska]] (''Aoraisge'')
| [[Loch Linnhe]]
| {{nts|310}} *
| -{{#tag:ref|This island has a hotel<ref>[http://www.eriska-hotel.co.uk/ "Come to our Island and Enjoy..."]. Isle of Eriska Hotel. Retrieved 9 September 2013.</ref> but the census does not refer to the island at all.|group="Note"}}
| 47
|-
| [[Eriskay]] (''Èirisgeigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|703}}
| 143
| 185
|-
| [[Erraid]] (''Eilean Earraid'')
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|187}}
| 6
| 75
|-
| [[Eynhallow]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|75}}
| 0
| 30
|-
| [[Fair Isle]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|768}}
| 68
| 217
|-
| [[Fara, Orkney|Fara]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|295}}
| 0
| 43
|-
| [[Faray]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|180}}
| 0
| 32
|-
| [[Fetlar]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|4078}}
| 61
| 158
|-
| [[Fiaraidh]]
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|41}}
| 0
| 30
|-
| [[Flodaigh]]
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|145}} *
| 7
| 20
|-
| [[Flodaigh Mòr]]
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|58}}
| 0
| 28
|-
| [[Flodday, Sound of Barra]]
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|40}}
| 0
| 41
|-
| [[Flotta]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|876}}
| 80
| 58
|-
| [[Foula]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|1265}}
| 3
| 418
|-
| [[Fraoch-eilean]]
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|55}}<ref name=Rick/>
| -{{#tag:ref|This island is at ({{gbmapping|NF860580)}} and the evidence of both Ordnance Survey maps and photographs (e.g. [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/445166 "Houses on Seana Bhaile"] Geograph. Retrieved 10 August 2009) indicates a resident population. There is even a name, "Seana Bhaile" for the main settlement. However, neither the census nor the main reference work (Haswell-Smith 2004) refer to the island at all. Its small population is presumably included in nearby Grimsay (which has a population of over 800) by the census.|group="Note"}}
| 11
|-
| [[Fuaigh Mòr|Fuaigh Mòr (Vuia Mòr)]]
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|84}}
| 0
| 67
|-
| [[Fuday]] (''Fùideigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|232}}
| 0
| 89
|-
| [[Fuiay]] (''Fùidheigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|84}}
| 0
| 107
|-
| [[Gairsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|240}}
| 3
| 102
|-
| [[Garbh Eileach]]
| [[Garvellachs]]
| {{nts|142}}
| 0
| 110
|-
| [[Garbh Eilean]]
| [[Shiant Islands]]
| {{nts|143}}
| 0
| 160
|-
| [[Garbh Eilean, Loch Maree]] (F)
| [[Loch Maree]]
| {{nts|65}} *
| 0
| 25
|-
| [[Gigha]] (''Giogha'')
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|1395}}
| 163
| 100
|-
| [[Gighay]] (''Gioghaigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|96}}
| 0
| 95
|-
| [[Glims Holm]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|55}}
| 0
| 32
|-
| [[Gometra]] (''Gòmastra'')
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|425}}
| 2
| 155
|-
| [[Graemsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|409}}
| 28
| 62
|-
| [[Great Bernera]] (''Beàrnaraigh Mòr'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|2122}}
| 252
| 87
|-
| [[Great Cumbrae]] (''Cumaradh Mòr'')
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|1168}}
| 1,376
| 127
|-
| [[Grimsay]] (''Griomasaigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|833}}
| 169
| 22
|-
| [[Grimsay, South East Benbecula|Grimsay (South)]] (''Griomasaigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|117}} *
| 20
| 20
|-
| [[Gruinard Island]] (''Eilean Ghruinneard'')
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|196}}
| 0
| 106
|-
| [[Gunna]] (''Gunnaigh'')
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|69}}
| 0
| 35
|-
| [[Handa, Scotland|Handa]] (''Eilean Shannda'')
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|309}}
| 0
| 123
|-
| [[Hascosay]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|275}}
| 0
| 30
|-
| [[Hellisay]] (''Theiliseigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|142}}
| 0
| 79
|-
| [[Hermetray]] (''Thearmatraigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|72}}
| 0
| 35
|-
| [[Hildasay]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|108}}
| 0
| 32
|-
| [[Hirta]] (''Hiort'')
| [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]
| {{nts|670}}
| 0
| 430
|-
| [[Holm of Grimbister]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|16}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 3
| 8
|-
| [[Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde|Holy Isle]] (''Eilean MoLaise'')
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|253}}
| 31
| 314
|-
| [[Horse Island, Summer Isles|Horse Island]]
| [[Summer Isles]]
| {{nts|53}}
| 0
| 60
|-
| [[Housay]]
| [[Out Skerries]]
| {{nts|163}}
| 50
| 53
|-
| [[Hoy]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|13458}}
| 419<ref name=Hoy>The census does not list South Walls as an island, but includes the total in Hoy.</ref>
| 479
|-
| [[Hunda]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|100}}
| 0
| 41
|-
| [[Inchcailloch]] (F) (''Innis nan Cailleach'')
| [[Loch Lomond]]
| {{nts|50}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
| 85
|-
| [[Inchcolm]] (''Innis Choluim'')
| [[Islands of the Forth|Firth of Forth]]
| {{nts|9}} *
| 0 °
| 34
|-
| [[Inchfad]] (F) (''Innis Fhada'')
| [[Loch Lomond]]
| <span style="display:none">{{nts|40}}</span> c.40 *
| 1
| 24
|-
| [[Inch Kenneth]] (''Innis Choinnich'')
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|55}}
| 0
| 49
|-
| [[Inchlonaig]] (F)
| [[Loch Lomond]]
| {{nts|80}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
| 62
|-
| [[Inchmarnock]] (''Innis Mheàrnaig'')
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|266}}
| 0
| 60
|-
| [[Inchmurrin]] (F) (''Innis Mheadhrain'')
| [[Loch Lomond]]
| {{nts|120}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 8
| 89
|-
| [[Inchtavannach]] (F) (''Innis Taigh a' Mhanaich'')
| [[Loch Lomond]]
| {{nts|70}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 3
| 84
|-
| [[Inner Holm]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|2}} *
| 1
| 7
|-
| [[Innis Chonain]] (F)
| [[Loch Awe]]
| {{nts|8}} *
| 5
| 62
|-
| [[Iona]] (''Ì Chaluim Chille'')
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|877}}
| 177
| 100
|-
| [[Isay]] (''Ìosaigh'')
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|60}}
| 0
| 28
|-
| [[Islay]] (''Ìle'')
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|61956}}
| 3,228
| 491
|-
| [[Isle Martin]] (''Eilean Mhàrtainn'')
| [[Summer Isles]]
| {{nts|157}}
| 0
| 120
|-
| [[Isle of Ewe]] (''Eilean Iùbh'')
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|309}}
| 7
| 72
|-
| [[Isle of May]] (''Eilean Mhàigh'')
| [[Islands of the Forth|Firth of Forth]]
| {{nts|45}}
| 0
| 50
|-
| [[Isle Ristol]] (''Eilean Ruisteil'')
| [[Summer Isles]]
| {{nts|225}} *
| 0
| 71
|-
| [[Jura, Scotland|Jura]] (''Diùra'')
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|36692}}
| 196
| 785
|-
| [[Kerrera]] (''Cearrara'')
| [[Firth of Lorne]]
| {{nts|1214}}
| 34
| 189
|-
| [[Killegray]] (''Ceileagraigh'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|176}}
| 0
| 45
|-
| [[Kirkibost]] (''Eilean Chirceboist'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|205}}
| 0
| 7
|-
| [[Lamba (island)|Lamba]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|43}}
| 0
| 35
|-
| [[Lamb Holm]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|40}}
| 0
| 20
|-
| [[Lewis and Harris]] (''Leòdhas agus na Hearadh'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|217898}}
| 21,031
| 799
|-
| [[Linga, Muckle Roe]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|70}}
| 0
| 69
|-
| [[Linga, Yell]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|45}}
| 0
| 26
|-
| [[Linga Holm]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|57}}
| 0
| 10
|-
| [[Lismore, Scotland|Lismore]] (''Lios Mòr'')
| [[Loch Linnhe]]
| {{nts|2351}}
| 192
| 127
|-
| [[Little Bernera]] (''Beàrnaraigh Beag'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|138}}
| 0
| 41
|-
| [[Little Colonsay]] (''Colbhasa Beag'')
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|88}}
| 0
| 61
|-
| [[Little Cumbrae]] (''Cumaradh Beag'')
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|313}}
| 0
| 123
|-
| [[Longa Island]] (''Longa'')
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|126}}
| 0
| 70
|-
| [[Longay]] (''Longaigh'')
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|50}}
| 0
| 67
|-
| [[Luing]] (''Luinn'')
| [[Slate Islands]]
| {{nts|1430}}
| 195
| 94
|-
| [[Lunga, Firth of Lorn|Lunga]]
| [[Slate Islands]]
| {{nts|254}}
| 0 °
| 98
|-
| [[Lunga (Treshnish Isles)|Lunga]]
| [[Treshnish Isles]]
| {{nts|81}}
| 0
| 103
|-
| [[Mainland, Orkney]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|52325}}
| 17,162
| 271
|-
| [[Mainland, Shetland]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|96879}}
| 18,765
| 450
|-
| [[Eilean Mhealasta]]
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|124}}
| 0
| 77
|-
| [[Mingulay]] (''Miughalaigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|640}}
| 0
| 273
|-
| [[Moncrieffe Island]] (F) (''Eilean Mhon Craoibhe'')
| [[River Tay]]
| {{nts|46}} *
| 3
| 5
|-
| [[Mousa]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|180}}
| 0
| 55
|-
| [[Muck, Scotland|Muck]] (''Eilean nam Muc'')
| [[Small Isles]]
| {{nts|559}}
| 27
| 137
|-
| [[Muckle Roe]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|1773}}
| 130
| 267
|-
| [[Muldoanich]] (''Maol Dòmhnaich'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|78}}
| 0
| 153
|-
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]] (''Muile'')
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|87535}}
| 2,800
| 966
|-
| [[North Rona]] (''Rònaigh'')
| [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic Outlier]]
| {{nts|109}}
| 0
| 108
|-
| [[North Ronaldsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|690}}
| 72
| 20
|-
| [[North Uist]] (''Uibhist a Tuath'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|30305}}
| 1,254
| 347
|-
| [[Noss]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|343}}
| 0
| 181
|-
| [[Oldany Island]]
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|200}} *
| 0
| 104
|-
| [[Oronsay, Inner Hebrides|Oronsay]] (''Orasa'')
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|543}}
| 8
| 93
|-
| [[Oronsay, Outer Hebrides|Oronsay]] (''Orasaigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|85}}
| 0
| 25
|-
| [[Oronsay, Loch Sunart|Oronsay]] (''Orasaigh'')
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|230}} *
| 0
| 58
|-
| [[Oxna]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|68}}
| 0
| 38
|-
| [[Pabay]] (''Pabaigh'')
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|122}}
| 0
| 28
|-
| [[Pabay Mòr]] (''Pabaigh Mòr'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|101}}
| 0
| 68
|-
| [[Pabbay, Barra, Scotland|Pabbay]] (''Pabaigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|250}}
| 0
| 171
|-
| [[Pabbay, Harris|Pabbay]] (''Pabaigh'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|820}}
| 0
| 196
|-
| [[Papa, Shetland|Papa]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|59}}
| 0
| 32
|-
| [[Papa Little]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|226}}
| 0
| 82
|-
| [[Papa Stour]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|828}}
| 15
| 87
|-
| [[Papa Stronsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|74}}
| 0 °
| 13
|-
| [[Papa Westray]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|918}}
| 90
| 48
|-
| [[Priest Island]] (''Eilean a' Chlèirich'')
| [[Summer Isles]]
| {{nts|122}}
| 0
| 78
|-
| [[Raasay]] (''Ratharsair'')
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|6405}}
| 161
| 443
|-
| [[Ronay]] (''Rònaigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|563}}
| 0
| 115
|-
| [[Rousay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|4860}}
| 216
| 250
|-
| [[Rùm]]
| [[Small Isles]]
| {{nts|10463}}
| 22
| 812
|-
| [[Samphrey]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|66}}
| 0
| 29
|-
| [[Sanda Island]] (''Àbhainn'')
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|151}}
| 0 °
| 123
|-
| [[Sanday, Orkney|Sanday]] (''Sanndaigh'')
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|5043}}
| 494
| 65
|-
| [[Sanday, Inner Hebrides|Sanday]] (''Sanndaigh'')
| [[Small Isles]]
| {{nts|184}}
| 9
| 59
|-
| [[Sandray]] (''Sanndraigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|385}}
| 0
| 207
|-
| [[Scalpay, Inner Hebrides|Scalpay]] (''Sgalpaigh'')
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|2483}}
| 2
| 392
|-
| [[Scalpay, Outer Hebrides|Scalpay]] (''Sgalpaigh'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|653}}
| 291
| 104
|-
| [[Scarba]] (''Sgarba'')
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|1474}}
| 0
| 449
|-
| [[Scarp, Outer Hebrides|Scarp]] (''An Sgarp'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|1045}}
| 0
| 308
|-
| [[Seaforth Island]] (''Eilean Shìphoirt'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|273}}
| 0
| 217
|-
| [[Seil]] (''Saoil'')
| [[Slate Islands]]
| {{nts|1329}}
| 551
| 146
|-
| [[Sgeotasaigh]]
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|49}}
| 0
| 57
|-
| [[Shapinsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|2948}}
| 307
| 64
|-
| [[Shillay]] (''Siolaigh'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|47}}
| 0
| 79
|-
| [[Shuna, Slate Islands|Shuna]] (''Siuna'')
| [[Slate Islands]]
| {{nts|451}}
| 3
| 90
|-
| [[Shuna, Loch Linnhe|Shuna]] (''Siuna'')
| [[Loch Linnhe]]
| {{nts|155}}
| 0
| 71
|-
| [[Skye]] (''An t-Eilean Sgitheanach'')
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|165625}}
| 10,008
| 993
|-
| [[Soay, Skye|Soay]] (''Sòdhaigh'')
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|1036}}
| 1
| 141
|-
| [[Soay, St Kilda|Soay]] (''Soaigh'')
| [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]
| {{nts|99}}
| 0
| 378
|-
| [[Soay Mòr]] (''Sòdhaigh Mòr'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|45}}
| 0
| 37
|-
| [[South Havra]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|59}}
| 0
| 42
|-
| [[South Rona]] (''Rònaigh'')
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|930}}
| 3
| 125
|-
| [[South Ronaldsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|4980}}
| 909
| 118
|-
| [[South Uist]] (''Uibhist a Deas'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|32026}}
| 1,754
| 620
|-
| [[South Walls]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|1100}}<ref name=Rick>[http://www.argyll-yachtcharters.co.uk/Scottish%20Islands.pdf Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland] (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.</ref>
| - <ref name=Hoy/>
| 57
|-
| [[Stockinish Island]] (''Eilean Stocainis'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|49}}
| 0
| 44
|-
| [[Stroma, Scotland|Stroma]] (''Sròmaigh'')
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|375}}
| 0
| 53
|-
| [[Stromay]] (''Sròmaigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|66}}
| 0
| 16
|-
| [[Stronsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|3275}}
| 349
| 44
|-
| [[Stuley]] (''Stadhlaigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|45}}
| 0
| 40
|-
| [[Switha]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|41}}
| 0
| 29
|-
| [[Swona]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|92}}
| 0
| 41
|-
| [[Tahay]] (''Tathaigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|53}}
| 0
| 65
|-
| [[Tanera Beag]] (''Tannara Beag'')
| [[Summer Isles]]
| {{nts|66}}
| 0
| 83
|-
| [[Tanera Mòr]] (''Tannara Mòr'')
| [[Summer Isles]]
| {{nts|310}}
| 4
| 124
|-
| [[Taransay]] (''Tarasaigh'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|1475}}
| 0
| 267
|-
| [[Texa]]
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|48}}
| 0
| 48
|-
| [[Tiree]] (''Tiriodh'')
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|7834}}
| 653
| 141
|-
| [[Torsa]]
| [[Slate Islands]]
| {{nts|113}}
| 0
| 62
|-
| [[Trondra]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|275}}
| 135
| 60
|-
| [[Ulva]] (''Ulbha'')
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|1990}}
| 11
| 313
|-
| [[Unst]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|12068}}
| 632
| 284
|-
| [[Uyea, Unst]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|205}}
| 0
| 50
|-
| [[Vaila]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|327}}
| 2
| 95
|-
| [[Vacsay]] (''Bhacasaigh'')
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|41}}
| 0
| 34
|-
| [[Vallay]] (''Bhàlaigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|260}}
| 0
| 38
|-
| [[Vatersay]] (''Bhatarsaigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|960}}
| 90
| 185
|-
| [[Vementry]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|370}}
| 0
| 90
|-
| [[West Burra]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|743}}
| 776
| 217
|-
| [[West Linga]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|125}}
| 0
| 52
|-
| [[Westray]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|4713}}
| 588
| 169
|-
| [[Whalsay]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|1970}}
| 1,061
| 119
|-
| [[Wiay, Skye|Wiay]] (''Fùidheigh'')
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|148}}
| 0
| 60
|-
| [[Wiay, Uist|Wiay]] (''Fùidheigh'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|375}}
| 0
| 102
|-
| [[Wyre, Orkney|Wyre]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|311}}
| 29
| 32
|-
| [[Yell (island)|Yell]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|21211}}
| 966
| 205
|}
 
Four islands were recorded as inhabited in 2011 that were not mentioned in the 2001 census: Eilean dà Mhèinn, Eilean Tioram, Holm of Grimbister and Inner Holm.<ref name=NRS/>
 
These following are listed by the National Records of Scotland as "included in the NRS statistical geography for inhabited islands but had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses."<ref name=NRS/> None except Lamb Holm are greater than 40 ha in area.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! '''''Island'''''
! '''''Location'''''
|-
| [[Castle Stalker]] (''Eilean an Stalcaire'')
| [[Firth of Lorn]]
|-
| [[Eilean Horrisdale]] (''Eilean Thòrathasdail'')
| [[Gair Loch]]
|-
| [[Eilean Loain]]
| [[Loch Sween]]
|-
| [[Eilean na Cille]]
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
|-
| [[Ensay, Outer Hebrides|Ensay]]
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
|-
| [[Inch Kenneth]]
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
|-
| [[Inchlonaig]] (F)
| [[Loch Lomond]]
|-
| [[Inchcruin]] (F){{#tag:ref|Referred to by the National Records of Scotland (2013) as "Inchruin", which is presumably a typographical error.|group="Note"}}
| [[Loch Lomond]]
|-
| [[Kisimul Castle]] (''Caisteal Chiosmuil'')
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
|-
| [[Lamb Holm]]
| [[Orkney]]
|-
|}
==Smaller offshore islands==
This is a continuing list of uninhabited Scottish islands smaller than 40 hectares in size.
 
<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! align=left | Name
! align=left | Island Group / Location
|-
| [[Bac Mòr]]
| [[Treshnish Isles]]
|-
| [[Bass Rock]]
| [[Islands of the Forth|Firth of Forth]]
|-
| [[Bayble Island]]
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
|-
| [[Bearasaigh]]
| [[Loch Ròg]]
|-
| [[Belnahua]]
| [[Slate Islands]]
|-
| [[Bottle Island]]
| [[Summer Isles]]
|-
| [[Brough of Birsay]]
| Orkney
|-
| [[Bound Skerry]]
| Shetland
|-
| [[Cairn na Burgh Beag]]
| Treshnish Isles
|-
| [[Cairn na Burgh Mòr]]
| Treshnish Isles
|-
|[[Calbha Beag]]
|[[Edrachillis Bay]]
|-
| [[Calf of Flotta]]
| [[Orkney Islands]]
|-
| [[Calvay]]
| [[Outer Hebrides]]
|-
| [[Campaigh]]
| Loch Ròg
|-
| [[Castle Island, Scotland|Castle Island]]
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
|-
| [[Clett]]
| [[Inner Hebrides]]
|-
| [[Corn Holm]]
| Orkney Islands
|-
| [[Craigleith]]
| [[Islands of the Forth|Firth of Forth]]
|-
| [[Craiglethy]]
| [[Fowlsheugh]]
|-
| [[Cramond Island]]
| [[Islands of the Forth|Firth of Forth]]
|-
| [[Damsay]]
| Orkney Islands
|-
| [[Dore Holm]]
| [[Shetland]]
|-
| [[Dubh Artach]]
| Inner Hebrides
|-
| [[Dùn, St Kilda|Dùn]]
| [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]
|-
| [[Dùn Channuill]]
| [[Garvellachs]]
|-
| [[East Linga]]
| [[Shetland Islands]]
|-
| [[Eilean Chathastail]]
| Inner Hebrides
|-
| [[Eilean Dubh, Kyles of Bute|Eilean Dubh]]
| Firth of Clyde
|-
| [[Eilean Ighe]]
| [[Arisaig]]
|-
| [[Eilean Mhuire]]
| [[Shiant Isles]]
|-
|[[Eilean Mòr, Loch Dunvegan]]
|Skye
|-
| [[Eyebroughy]]
| Firth of Forth
|-
| [[Fidra]]
| Firth of Forth
|-
| [[Fish Holm]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Fladda]]
| Slate Islands
|-
| [[Fladda, Treshnish Isles|Fladda]]
| Treshnish Isles
|-
| [[Flodday near Vatersay]]
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
|-
| [[Fuaigh Beag|Fuaigh Beag (Vuia Beg)]]
| Loch Ròg
|-
| [[Garbh Sgeir]]
| Inner Hebrides
|-
| [[Gigalum Island]]
| Inner Hebrides
|-
| [[Gloup Holm]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Glunimore Island]]
| Firth of Clyde
|-
| [[Grunay]]
| [[Out Skerries]]
|-
| [[Gruney]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Gualan]]
| Outer Hebrides
|-
| [[Haaf Gruney]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Harlosh Island]]
| Inner Hebrides
|-
| [[Haskeir]]
| Outer Hebrides
|-
| [[Haskeir Eagach]]
| Outer Hebrides
|-
| [[Hearnish]]
| [[Monach Islands]]
|-
| [[Helliar Holm]]
| Orkney Islands
|-
| [[Hestan Island]]
| [[Solway Firth]]
|-
| [[Holm of Faray]]
| Orkney Islands
|-
| [[Holm of Huip]]
| Orkney Islands
|-
| [[Holm of Papa]]
| Orkney Islands
|-
| [[Holm of Scockness]]
| Orkney Islands
|-
| [[Horse Isle]]
| Firth of Clyde
|}</div><div style="float:right; width:48%;">
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! align=left | Name
! align=left | Island Group / Location
|-
| [[Huney]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Inchgarvie]]
| Firth of Forth
|-
| [[Inchkeith]]
| Firth of Forth
|-
| [[Inchmickery]]
| Firth of Forth
|-
| [[Innis Mhòr]]
| Easter Ross
|-
| [[Kili Holm]]
| Orkney Islands
|-
| [[Lady's Holm]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Lady Isle]]
| Firth of Clyde
|-
| [[The Lamb (island)|The Lamb]]
| Firth of Forth
|-
| [[Little Linga]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Little Roe]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Linga, Samphrey]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Lingeigh]]
| Outer Hebrides
|-
| [[Lunna Holm]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Maiden Island]]
| Inner Hebrides
|-
| [[Mingay]]
| Inner Hebrides
|-
| [[Muckle Flugga]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Muckle Green Holm]]
| Orkney Islands
|-
| [[Muckle Skerry]]
| [[Pentland Skerries]]
|-
| [[Mugdrum Island]]
| [[Firth of Tay]]
|-
| [[Nave Island]]
| [[Islay]]
|-
| [[North Havra]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Oigh-Sgeir]]
| Inner Hebrides
|-
| [[Orfasay]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Ornsay]]
| Inner Hebrides
|-
| [[Orsay, Inner Hebrides|Orsay]]
| Inner Hebrides
|-
| [[Out Stack]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Pladda]]
| Firth of Clyde
|-
| [[Rockall]]
| North Atlantic
|-
| [[Rough Island, Scotland|Rough]]
| Solway Firth
|-
| [[Rusk Holm]]
| Orkney Islands
|-
| [[Rysa Little]]
| Orkney Islands
|-
| [[Scaravay]]
| Outer Hebrides
|-
| [[Sgat Mòr and Sgat Beag]]
| Firth of Clyde
|-
| [[Sheep Island, Argyll and Bute|Sheep Island]]
| Firth of Clyde
|-
| [[Sibhinis]]
| Monach Isles
|-
| [[Shillay, Monach Islands|Shillay]]
| Monach Islands
|-
| [[Soay Beag]]
| Outer Hebrides
|-
| [[South Isle of Gletness]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[St Ninian's Isle]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Stac an Armin]]
| [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]
|-
| [[Stac Biorach]]
| St Kilda
|-
| [[Stac Lee]]
| St Kilda
|-
| [[Stac Levenish]]
| St Kilda
|-
| [[Staffa]]
| Inner Hebrides
|-
| [[Stockay]]
| Monach Islands
|-
| [[Stuley]]
| Outer Hebrides
|-
| [[Sula Sgeir]]
| [[Atlantic Ocean]]
|-
| [[Sule Skerry]]
| Atlantic Ocean
|-
| [[Sule Stack]]
| Atlantic Ocean
|-
| [[Sweyn Holm]]
| Orkney Islands
|-
| [[Tarner Island]]
| Inner Hebrides
|-
| [[Trialabreac]]
| Outer Hebrides
|-
| [[Urie Lingey]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
|[[Uyea, Northmavine]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Uynarey]]
| Shetland Islands
|-
| [[Vacsay]]
| Loch Ròg
|}</div>{{Clear}}
 
==Small archipelagos==
[[Image:Boreray and the Stacs.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Boreray, St Kilda|Boreray]], [[Stac Lee]], and [[Stac an Armin]] (left) from the heights of Conachair, [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]]]
There are various small archipelagos which may be better known than the larger islands they contain. These include:
<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! align=left | Name
! align=left | Island Group / Location
|-
| [[Ascrib Islands]]
| [[Skye]]
|-
| [[Burnt Islands]]
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
|-
| [[Crowlin Islands]]
| [[Skye]]
|-
| [[Flannan Isles]]
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
|-
| [[Islands of Fleet]]
| [[Solway Firth]] ([[Wigtown Bay]])
|-
| [[Garvellachs]]
| [[Firth of Lorn]]
|-
| [[MacCormaig Islands]]
| [[Islay]]
|-
| [[Monach Islands]]
| [[South Uist|Uists]]
|-
| [[Out Skerries]]
| [[Shetland]]
|-
| [[Pentland Skerries]]
| [[Orkney]]
|-
| [[Rabbit Islands, Scotland|Rabbit Islands]] (Eileanan nan Gall)
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]] (N Sutherland)
|-
| [[Ramna Stacks]]
| [[Shetland]]
|-
| [[Scalloway Isles]]
| [[Shetland]]
|-
| [[Shiant Isles]]
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
|-
| [[Slate Islands]]
| [[Firth of Lorn]]
|-
| [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
|-
| [[Summer Isles]]
| [[Inner Hebrides]]
|-
| [[Treshnish Isles]]
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
|}</div>{{Clear}}
 
 
==Castle islands==
[[Image:Castle Stalker Scotland.jpg|right|thumb|Castle Stalker, as seen in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'']]
 
There are several small Scottish islands that are dominated by a castle or other fortification. The castle is often better known than the island, and the islands themselves are often tidal or bridged. Due to their picturesque nature some of them are well-known from postcards and films. Examples include:
 
* [[Bass Rock]]
* [[Broch of West Burrafirth]]
* [[Castle Island, Scotland|Castle Island]]
* [[Calvay]]
* [[Castle Stalker]]
* [[Castle Tioram]]
* [[Eilean Aigas]] (F)
* [[Eilean Dearg, Loch Riddon]]
* [[Eilean Donan]]
* [[Inchtalla]] (F)
* [[Inveruglas Isle]] (F)
* [[Kilchurn Castle]] (F)
* [[Kisimul Castle]]
* [[Lochindorb|Lochindorb Castle]] (F)
* [[Loch Leven Castle]] (F)
* [[Mousa]]
* [[Threave Castle]] (F)
* [[Wyre, Orkney|Wyre]]
 
Many of the [[Islands of the Forth]] and southern [[Orkney]]s have fortifications from the two world wars. [[Rosyth Castle]] stands on a former island.
 
==Holy islands==
[[Image:Centre for world peace on holy isle with flags.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Tibetan Buddhist Centre for World Peace and Health on Holy Isle]]
[[Image:Oransay Priory.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Oronsay Priory]]
 
A huge number of the islands of Scotland have some kind of [[culdee]]/church connection, and/or are dominated by a church. The more notable include:
 
* [[Davaar Island]]
* [[Egilsay]]
* [[Eynhallow]]
* [[Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde|Holy Isle]]
* [[Inchcolm]]
* [[Inch Kenneth]]
* [[Inchmahome]] (F)
* [[Iona]]
* [[Isle Maree]]
* [[North Rona]]
* [[Oronsay, Inner Hebrides|Oronsay]]
* [[Papa Stronsay]] (current [[Transalpine Redemptorist]] monastery. Islands called "Papa" or "Pabbay" tend to be former saints' islands)
* [[St Ninian's Isle]]
* [[St Serf's Inch]] (F)
* [[Tiree]] ("land of Iona")
 
[[Brother Isle]]'s name is not ecclesiastical in origin as is sometimes stated.
 
 
[[File:Lochlevencastle.jpg|thumb|alt=A field of yellow flowers in the foreground, with a dark blue lake beyond. A wooded island in the lake has a white structure of two storeys at centre and there are green and brown hills beyond. There is a small cluster of houses on the distant hill slope at right.| [[Loch Leven Castle]] island, where [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] was imprisoned in 1567.<ref name=Cov154/>]]
[[File:Loch Lomond Map c 1800.jpg|thumb|alt=A black and white map showing the sinuous shape of Loch Lomond, which contains numerous islands in the southern portion.|A map of the 1800s showing the islands of [[Loch Lomond]]]]
The [[freshwater]] islands in [[Scotland]] include those within freshwater [[loch]]s and rivers – including tidal areas, so the islands may not always be surrounded by freshwater. It has been estimated that there are at least 31,460 freshwater lochs in Scotland and that 1.9% of the land surface is covered by fresh waters. The distribution has a north west to south east gradient with the highest concentrations occurring in the islands of the [[Outer Hebrides]].<ref name =SNH>[http://www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/advisorynotes/4/4.htm "Botanical survey of Scottish freshwater lochs"] SNH Information and Advisory Note Number 4. Retrieved 1 January 2010.</ref>{{#tag:ref|"Loch" is a [[Scottish Gaelic]] word for both a [[lake]] and a [[fiord]] that has been borrowed by [[Scots language|Scots]] and [[Scottish English]] to apply to such bodies of water. The [[Lake of Menteith]] is the only natural body of water called a "lake" in Scotland.<ref>[http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotland/perthshire/featured-sites/inchmahome-priory.html "Inchmahome Priory"] Mysterious Britain. Retrieved 26 April 2010.</ref> |group="Note"}}
 
The more notable freshwater islands include [[Lochindorb|Lochindorb Castle Island]], [[Loch Leven Castle|Loch Leven Castle Island]], [[St Serf's Inch]], and [[Inchmahome]], each of which have had a role to play in Scottish history.<ref name=Cov154>Coventry (2008) p. 154</ref><ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/15463/details/lochindorb+castle/ "Lochindorb Castle"] Canmore. Retrieved 28 April 2010.</ref><ref>[[G.W.S. Barrow|Barrow, G.W.S.]] (2003) "The Judex" pp. 57–67</ref><ref>[http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyoverview.htm?PropID=PL_157 "Inchmahome Priory"] Historic Scotland. Retrieved 28 April 2010.</ref> [[Inchmurrin]], the largest freshwater island in the [[British Isles]], is in [[Loch Lomond]], which contains thirty or more other islands.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.loch-lomond.net/islands/inchmurrin.html| title=Loch Lomond Islands – Inchmurrin| publisher=Loch Lomond.net| accessdate=23 August 2007}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Some of the islets in Loch Lomond may only appear when the water levels are low<ref>[http://www.loch-lomond.me.uk/islands.htm "Loch Lomond Islands"] loch-lomond.me.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2010.</ref> and although many sources provide a figure of up to sixty islands<ref>For example, [http://www.goxplore.net/guides/Loch_lomond#Introduction "Loch lomond"]<!-- spelled with lower case "l" in original --> goxplore.net Retrieved 29 April 2010.</ref> this may derive from a poetic 9th century description. Other sources suggest a total of 30 or 38 islands.<ref>[http://www.loch-lomond.net/theloch/index.aspx "The Loch"] Loch Lomond.net. Retrieved 23 January 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.visit-lochlomond.com/74-the_islands_on_loch_lomond_.html "The islands on Loch Lomond "] visit-lochlomond.com. Retrieved 28 April 2010.</ref>|group="Note"}}
 
Various names are used repeatedly. "Inch" or ''Innis'' is a Scots word that can mean "island" (although it is also used for ''[[Wiktionary:terra firma|terra firma]]'' surrounded by marsh). Similarly, ''Eilean'' is the [[Scottish Gaelic language|Gaelic]] for "island". "-holm" is a common suffix for offshore islands in the north of Scotland and is derived from the [[Old Norse]] ''holmr'', meaning "a small and rounded islet".<ref>Mac an Tàilleir (2003) various pages.</ref><ref>For example, Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 96, 104, 375.</ref><ref>Fellows-Jensen, Gillian [http://www.ramsdale.org/dalr.htm "On dalr and holmr in the place-names of Britain"] Ramsdale.org. Retrieved 29 April 2010.</ref> This list excludes artificial [[crannóg]]s and the numerous small freshwater islands with no recorded name.{{#tag:ref| Crannógs are excluded as they are both artificial and very numerous. There are at least 600 of these small prehistoric structures in Scotland.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/articles/crannogs/ "Crannogs"] BBC. Retrieved 23 January 2010.</ref>|group="Note"}}{{#tag:ref|There is a significant difference between the Ordnance Survey (OS) treatment of freshwater and offshore islands. See for example Loch Snigiscleit at {{gbmapping|NF802254}}. If the islands here were offshore it is virtually certain that there would be three substantial named islands and probably half a dozen named smaller ones. There are several examples – Loch Druidibeag has two named islands and about a dozen un-named. It is not clear whether this because the OS only chose to list a few larger ones and those identified by [[RCAHMS]], or if for some reason local people did not give names to smaller islands in lochs. The latter is unlikely although these islands offer much less of threat to fishermen and thus there is less of an imperative to be aware of them. |group="Note"}}
 
==Larger islands==
[[File:Loch Lomond Isle Inchmurrin.jpg|thumb|[[Inchmurrin]] in [[Loch Lomond]], Scotland's largest freshwater island]]
[[File:Loch Maree.jpg|thumb|alt=A view from above a lake containing several wooded islands with a wilderness of hills and moor beyond.|The islands of Loch Maree]]
This table includes all of the freshwater islands that exceed {{convert|35|ha|acre}} in size and/or are populated.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Island
!Location
!Area ([[hectare|ha]])<ref>Estimates based on [[Ordnance Survey]] maps and General Register Office for Scotland statistics unless otherwise stated.</ref>
!Population<ref name=NRS>{{NRS1C}}</ref>
|-
|[[Dunglass Island]]
|River Conon
|{{nts|40}}
| 0
|-
|[[Eilean Mòr, Loch Langavat|Eilean Mòr]]
|Loch Langavat
| {{nts|59}}
| 0
|-
| [[Eilean Ruairidh Mòr]]
|Loch Maree
| {{nts|38}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
|-
| [[Eilean Sùbhainn]]
|Loch Maree
|{{nts|118}}
| 0
|-
| [[Garbh Eilean, Loch Maree|Garbh Eilean]]
|Loch Maree
| {{nts|39}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
|-
| [[Inchcailloch]]
|Loch Lomond
| {{nts|50}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
|-
| [[Inchconnachan]]
|Loch Lomond
| {{nts|35}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
|-
| [[Inchfad]]
|Loch Lomond
| {{nts|35}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 1
|-
| [[Inchlonaig]]
|Loch Lomond
|{{nts|80}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
|-
| [[Inchmurrin]]
|Loch Lomond
|{{nts|120}}<ref name=Rick>[http://www.argyll-yachtcharters.co.uk/Scottish%20Islands.pdf Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland] (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.</ref>
| 8
|-
| [[Inchtavannach]]
|Loch Lomond
| {{nts|70}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 3
|-
| [[Innis Chonan]]
|Loch Awe
| {{nts|8}}
| 5
|-
| [[Moncrieffe Island]]
|River Tay
| {{nts|46}}
| 3
|-
| [[St Serf's Inch]]
|Loch Leven
| {{nts|31}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
|}
 
[[Inchlonaig]] and [[Inchcruin]]{{#tag:ref|Referred to by the National Records of Scotland (2013) as "Inchruin", which is presumably a typographical error.|group="Note"}} are classified by the National Records of Scotland as "inhabited islands but had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses."<ref name=NRS/> It is likely that [[Contin Island]] and [[Eilean Aigas]] are inhabited, at least from time to time as well, although they were not listed as such by the Census in 2001<ref>{{GRO10}}</ref> or 2011.
 
== In mainland lochs ==
[[File:Loch Awe.jpg|thumb|alt=A view from high above a deep canyon with a narrow body of water at the bottom. The steep slope in the foreground is partly wooded, the slope on the far side is mostly cliffs and scree.|[[Loch Awe]]]]
[[File:LochanEileinCastle.JPG|thumb|alt=A small wooded islet stands in a lake. A large ruined stone wall with a door and window sits amongst the trees. Green conifer-clad hills lie beyond the islet under leaden grey skies.|The ruins of [[Loch an Eilein]] castle with [[Cairn Gorm]] beyond]]
[[File:LochLomond(wfmillar)Jan2000.jpg|thumb|alt=In the distance there are high snow capped mountains, out of which a sinuous lake emerges. In the foreground lower brown hills surround the water.|The upper reaches of [[Loch Lomond]] in winter]]
[[File:Innisnacailleach.jpg|thumb|alt=Low trees and bushes in the foreground give way to a body of water with a large wooded isle close to the shore and smaller islets beyond. There are mountains in the distance.|[[Inchfad]] in Loch Lomond]]
[[File:Badenoch Castle.jpg|thumb|alt= In the foreground are the blue waters of a lake. Beyond that is a wooded shoreline on which there are the ruins of a large walled structure. Smoke drifts across the moorland in the distance.|Lochindorb Castle Island]]
[[File:Serfsinch.jpg|thumb|alt=A lake in winter with low snow-covered hills in the background and a brushwood slope in the foreground beneath a mottled blue sky.|[[St Serf's Inch]] and [[Loch Leven (Kinross)|Loch Leven]] in winter, from Vane Farm in the [[Lomond Hills]]]]
[[File:Loch Morar.jpg|thumb|alt= Green fields in the foreground with a lake beyond. There are wooded islets in the lake, which is skirted by low hills. Sunlight breaks through a clouded sky and illuminates a distant brown hillside.|Islands in [[Loch Morar]]]]
[[File:Loch Shiel - Glenfinnan bay (Scotland).jpg|thumb|alt=A gloomy, cloud-covered sky above a large lake surrounded by green hills. There is a wooded islet at left and a tall circular tower in the foreground topped by a statue.|The east end of [[Loch Shiel]]: the [[Glenfinnan]] monument and Eilean Ghleann Fhionainn]]
[[File:Tom Dubh.JPG||thumb|Tom Dubh in [[Loch Insh]]]]
 
[[Loch Awe]] is Scotland's longest loch and abounds with islands and crannógs. Several of the islands are, or have in the past, been inhabited; there are two castles and the remains of a chapel on the islands.<ref>See Ordnance Survey maps at for example {{gbm4ibx|NN073220}} and {{gbm4ibx|NN102247}}.</ref> Inistrynich, Eilean na Maodail, Eilean Dubh and Liever Island are all [[promontory|promontories]] as opposed to islands despite their names. The loch's water levels have fluctuated so some of them may have been islands in recent history, as the promontory on which [[Kilchurn Castle]] stands once was.<ref>Coventry (2008) p. 78.</ref>
 
There may be up to sixty islands in the [[Loch Lomond]] including [[Inchmurrin]], the largest freshwater island anywhere in the [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and [[Ireland]], and [[Inchconnachan]], which has hosted a small population of [[Red-necked Wallaby]] since at least 1975.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.loch-lomond.net/islands/inchconnachan.html| title=Loch Lomond Islands: Inchconnachan| publisher=Loch Lomond.net| accessdate=25 April 2010}}</ref><ref name=Welch>{{cite journal | last = Welch | first = D. | coauthors = Carss, D.N.; Gornall, J.; Manchester, S.J.; Marquiss, M.; Preston, C. D.; Telfer, M.G.; Arnold, H.R. & Holbrook, J. | year = 2001 | title = An Audit of Alien Species in Scotland. Review no 139 | location = Perth | publisher = Scottish Natural Heritage}}</ref> The isolated strongholds of [[Lochindorb|Lochindorb Castle]] and [[Loch an Eilein|Loch an Eilein Castle]] were once in the hands of the 14th century nobleman [[Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan|Alexander Stewart]], the infamous "Wolf of Badenoch".<ref>Grant (1993) pp. 144–45.</ref><ref>[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst12385.html "Loch an Eilein Castle"] Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 25 January 2010.</ref> There are numerous unnamed small islands in mainland lochs, including those where the water level has been artificially raised by the creation of dams for the production of [[hydro-electricity]]. This process has created new islands that would previously have been small eminences.<ref>See for example Loch Benevean in [[Glen Affric]] at {{gbm4ibx|NH256267}}.</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:72%; border:0; text-align:left; line-height:150%;"
! style="width:15%;"|Local authority{{#tag:ref|As there are numerous lochs in [[Highland (council area)|Highland]], which is large council area covering over {{convert|30000|km2|mi2}} the [[area committee]] designations of Badenoch and Strathspey, Caithness, Inverness, Lochaber, Nairn, Ross and Cromarty, Skye and Lochalsh and Sutherland are used to identify the location.|group="Note"}}
! style="width:10%;"|Loch
!width=10%|OS Grid reference
! style="width:50%;"|Islands{{#tag:ref|Numbers in brackets indicate that there are (2) or (3) islands of the same name in the body of water referred to.|group="Note"}}
|-
|[[Aberdeenshire]]
|[[Loch of Strathbeg]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NK067591}}
| Red Rock
|-
|[[Argyll and Bute]]
|Loch Avich
|{{gbm4ibx|NM928138}}
|Eilean Fraoch, Innis Luana
|-
|[[Argyll and Bute]]
|[[Loch Awe]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN108253}}
|Badan Tomain, Black Islands, Eilean Beith, Eilean a' Chòmhraidh, Eilean a' Chrochaidh, Eilean an t-Sagairt (2), Eilean an t-Slinne, Eilean nam Meann, Eilean Seileachan, [[Fraoch Eilean, Loch Awe|Fraoch Eilean]], [[Innis Chonan]], [[Innis Chonnel]], Innis Errich, Innis Sèa-ràmhach, Innis Stiùire, [[Inishail]]
|-
|[[Argyll and Bute]]/[[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]]/[[West Dunbartonshire]]
|[[Loch Lomond]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NS380911}}
| [[Aber Isle]], [[Bucinch]], [[Ceardach]], [[Clairinsh]], Creagan Dubha, [[Creinch]], [[Eilean Deargannan]], Eilean na h-Aon Chraoibhe, [[Ellanderroch]], [[Fraoch Eilean, Loch Lomond|Fraoch Eilean]], [[Inchcailloch]], [[Inchconnachan]], [[Inchcruin]], [[Inchfad]], [[Inchgalbraith]], [[Inchlonaig]], [[Inchmoan]], [[Inchmurrin]], [[Inchtavannach]], [[Inveruglas Isle]], [[Island I Vow]], Keppinch, Stot Isle, [[Ross Isles]], [[Tarbet Isle]], [[Torrinch]], [[Wallace's Isle]]
|-
|[[Badenoch and Strathspey (local government district, Highland region)|Badenoch and Strathspey]]
|[[Loch an Eilein]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NH900080}}
|Loch an Eilein Castle
|-
|[[Badenoch and Strathspey (local government district, Highland region)|Badenoch and Strathspey]]
|[[Loch Insh]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NH833052}}
|Tom Dubh
|-
|[[Dumfries and Galloway]]
|Loch Kindar
|{{gbm4ibx|NX970642}}
| Kirk Kindar Island
|-
|[[Dumfries and Galloway]]
|[[Loch Ken]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NX729652}}
| Burned Island, Corselands, Danevale Island, Green Island, Kenmure Holms, Parton Island, Parton Ward
|-
|[[Dumfries and Galloway]]
|Loch Moan
|{{gbm4ibx|NX350857}}
| Black Island, White Island
|-
|[[Dumfries and Galloway]]
|Loch Urr
|{{gbm4ibx|NX758847}}
| Rough Island
|-
|[[Inverness (local government district, Highland region)|Inverness]]
|Loch Moy
|{{gbm4ibx|NH774345}}
| Eilean nan Clach, Isle of Moy
|-
|[[Lochaber (local government district, Highland region)|Lochaber]]
|[[Loch Arkaig]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN161888}}
|An t-Eilean Beag, Eilean a' Ghiubhais, Eilean Loch Airceig
|-
|[[Lochaber (local government district, Highland region)|Lochaber]]
|Loch Bà
|{{gbm4ibx|NN322504}}
| Eilean Molach, Eilean na h-Iolaire
|-
|[[Lochaber (local government district, Highland region)|Lochaber]]
|Loch Eilt
|{{gbm4ibx|NM807821}}
| Eilean an Tighe, Eilean Gaineamhach, Eilean Mòr, Eilean na Moine, Eilean nan Corra-ghriodhach
|-
|[[Lochaber (local government district, Highland region)|Lochaber]]
|[[Loch Morar]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NM700917}}
| An t-Eilean Meadhoin, Brinacory Island, Eilean Allmha, Eilean a' Phidhir, Eilean Bàn, Eilean Ghibbi, Eilean nam Breac, Eilean nan Reithean
|-
|[[Lochaber (local government district, Highland region)|Lochaber]]
|[[Loch Quoich]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NH058011}}
| Rubha Dubh nam Fiad
|-
|[[Lochaber (local government district, Highland region)|Lochaber]]
|[[Loch Shiel]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NM904803}}
| Eilean Comlach, Eilean Drollaman, Eilean Dubh, Eilean Fhianain, Eilean Ghleann Fhionainn, Eilean Mhic Dhomhnuill Dhuibh, Seilag
|-
|[[Moray]]
|[[Lochindorb]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NH974361}}
|Lochindorb Castle island
|-
|[[Perth and Kinross]]
|[[Loch Earn]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN690242}}
|[[Neish Island]]
|-
|[[Perth and Kinross]]
|[[Loch Leven (Kinross)|Loch Leven]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NO144013}}
|[[Loch Leven Castle|Loch Leven Castle Island]], [[St Serf's Inch]]
|-
|[[Perth and Kinross]]
|Loch of Clunie
|{{gbm4ibx|NO115444}}
|Clunie Castle Island
|-
|[[Perth and Kinross]]
|[[Loch Tay]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN766452}}
|Isle of Spar
|-
|[[Perth and Kinross]]
|[[Loch Tummel]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN852595}}
|An Dùn
|-
|[[Perth and Kinross]]/[[Lochaber (local government district, Highland region)|Lochaber]]
|[[Loch Laidon]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN378542}}
| Eilean Iubhair
|-
|[[Ross and Cromarty (local government district, Highland region)|Ross and Cromarty]]
|[[Fionn Loch]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NG945803}}
|Eilean a' Garbh Uilt, Eilean an Eich Bhàin, Eilean Fraoich, Eilean nan Corrichean
|-
|[[Ross and Cromarty (local government district, Highland region)|Ross and Cromarty]]
|[[Loch Maree]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NG914730}}
| Eilean Camas a' Chonnaidh, Eilean nan Clachairean, Eilean a' Chlamhain, Eilean na Craoibhe, Eilean na Creige Giubhas, Eilean Dubh na Sròine, Eilean Eachainn, Eilean Ghrùididh, Eilean Loisgte, Eilean Mhic a' Fhùlaraich, Eilean Ruairidh Beag, [[Eilean Ruairidh Mòr]], [[Eilean Sùbhainn]], [[Garbh Eilean, Loch Maree|Garbh Eilean]], [[Isle Maree]]
|-
|[[Ross and Cromarty (local government district, Highland region)|Ross and Cromarty]]
|[[Loch Monar]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NH190408}}
| Creag Ghrada
|-
|[[Ross and Cromarty (local government district, Highland region)|Ross and Cromarty]]
|Loch Sionasgaig
|{{gbm4ibx|NC114143}}
| Eilean Dubh (3), Eilean Mòr, Sgeirean Dubha
|-
|[[Ross and Cromarty (local government district, Highland region)|Ross and Cromarty]]
|Loch Ussie
|{{gbm4ibx|NH503571}}
| Eilean Beag, Eilean Mòr
|-
|[[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]]
|[[Loch Ard]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN466106}}
| Briedach, Dundochill,<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/7441657/Duke-Murdoch-s-Castle-remains-of "Duke Murdoch's Castle (remains of)"]. Wikimapia quoting census records. Retrieved 29 July 2013.</ref> Eilean Gorm{{#tag:ref|The island of "St Mallo" is mentioned by [http://www.visitdunkeld.com/tour-loch-ard.htm Visit Dunkeld].|group="Note"}}
|-
|[[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]]
|[[Loch Dochart]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN404257}}
| Loch Dochart Castle Island
|-
|[[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]]
|[[Loch Katrine]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN488079}}
|Black Island, Eilean Bàn, Eilean Dharag, Eilean Molach, Lady's Isle, Otter Island
|-
|[[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]]
|[[Lake of Menteith]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN574005}}
|Dog Isle, [[Inchmahome]], [[Inch Talla]]
|-
|[[Sutherland (local government district, Highland region)|Sutherland]]
|[[Loch Assynt]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NC193257}}
|Eilean Assynt, Eilean Dubh
|-
|[[Sutherland (local government district, Highland region)|Sutherland]]
|Loch Loyal
|{{gbm4ibx|NC626463}}
|Eilean Mòr, Eilean na Gaire, Eilean nan Crodh, Eilean Fraoich
|-
|[[Sutherland (local government district, Highland region)|Sutherland]]
|Loch nan Clàr
|{{gbm4ibx|NC767349}}
|Eilean nam Meann, Rubha Mòr
|}
 
== On offshore islands ==
[[File:Islands of Loch Finlaggan.jpg|thumb|alt=A small island in a lake lies offshore from green fields. A small wooden footbridge leads to the islet which contains various stone ruins including at least two gable ends.|Ruins on [[Eilean Mòr, Loch Finlaggan|Eilean Mòr]] (in the foreground) and Eilean na Comhairle, [[Loch Finlaggan]], [[Islay]]]]
[[File:Benbecula Loch Olabhat.jpg|thumb|alt=A marshy landscape of reeds, grass, water lilies and open water under blue skies with some white, fluffy clouds at left. A stone house sits on the horizon in the distance.|Loch Olabhat (south) on [[Benbecula]]]]
[[File:Orasaigh.jpg|thumb|alt=The wind creates ripples on a blue lake surrounded by a low-lying green and brown landscape under small white clouds in a blue sky. Mountains line the distant horizon.|Loch Orasaigh and [[Rainish Eilean Mòr]] with the hills of [[Harris, Outer Hebrides|Harris]] beyond]]
There are relatively few genuine islands in the lochs of the [[Inner Hebrides]], many of those that do exist being artificial crannógs. By contrast there are innumerable small islands in the estimated 7,500 lochs of the [[Eilean Siar]],<ref name=SNH/> only a small proportion of which are named by the [[Ordnance Survey]].
 
The [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]] archipelagos to the north are similarly lacking in freshwater islands. [[Law Ting Holm]] is the former location of the national þing, or Norse parliament of Shetland.<ref name=thing>[http://shetlopedia.com/Thing "Thing"] Shetlopedia. Retrieved 3 August 2010.</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:72%; border:0; text-align:left; line-height:150%;"
|-
! style="width:10%;"|Archipelago
! style="width:10%;"|Island
! style="width:10%;"|Loch
!width=10%|OS Grid reference
! style="width:40%;"|Islands
|-
|Inner Hebrides
|[[Islay]]
|[[Loch Finlaggan]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NR386673}}
|[[Eilean Mòr, Loch Finlaggan|Eilean Mòr]], Eilean na Comhairle{{#tag:ref|Eilean Mhuireill at the south end of the loch ({{gbmapping|NR386673}}) is identified by the Ordnance Survey as a crannog.|group="Note"}}
|-
|Inner Hebrides
|[[Islay]]
|Loch Gorm
|{{gbm4ibx|NR227656}}
|Eilean Mòr, Eilean nan Uan
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Benbecula]]
|Loch Dùn Mhurchaidh
|{{gbm4ibx|NF794546}}
|Dùn Buidhe, Eilean Dubh
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Benbecula]]
|Loch Eilean Iain
|{{gbm4ibx|NF786533}}
|Eilean Iain
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Benbecula]]
|Loch Langabhat
|{{gbm4ibx|NF827490}}
|Eilean Ghillechriosda
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Benbecula]]
|Loch Olabhat
|{{gbm4ibx|NF812419}}
|Eilean Fiadhaich
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Benbecula]]
|Loch Olabhat
|{{gbm4ibx|NF796514}}
|Dùn Aonias, Dùn Ruadh
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Great Bernera]]
|Loch Barabhat
|{{gbm4ibx|NB157355}}
|Dùn Barabhat{{#tag:ref|Dun Baravat has an [[Iron Age]] [[roundhouse (dwelling)|roundhouse]] dated from between 300 and 300 BC.<ref>[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=4089 "Lewis, Great Bernera, Loch Baravat, Dun Baravat"] Scotlandsplaces.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2010.</ref>|group="Note"}}
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Lewis]]
|Loch Airigh Seibh
|{{gbm4ibx|NB259388}}
|Eileanan Dubh
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Lewis]]
|Loch Fada Gobha
|{{gbm4ibx|NB245232}}
|Eilean Cro Balair
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Lewis]]
|Loch Lagasbhat Àrd
|{{gbm4ibx|NB243378}}
|Eilean Ard, Eilean na Cachlaidh
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Lewis]]
|Loch Lagasbhat Ìarach
|{{gbm4ibx|NB229388}}
|Eilean Cleit Surraidh, Eilean Choinoich
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Lewis]]
|[[Loch Langavat]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NB197205}}
|Eilean a' Faof, Eilean Mhic Fail, [[Eilean Mòr, Loch Langavat|Eilean Mòr]], Tearead, Tearead Thioram, Tearead Fhliuch
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Lewis]]
|Loch Mòr Bharabhais
|{{gbm4ibx|NB345496}}
|Eilean Àird Fhianuis
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Lewis]]
|Loch Morsgail
|{{gbm4ibx|NB138220}}
|Eilean an Tighe
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Lewis]]
|Loch Orasaigh
|{{gbm4ibx|NB386279}}
|[[Rainish Eilean Mòr]]{{#tag:ref|Rainish Eilean Mòr at {{gbmapping|NB388281}} is about {{convert |27|ha|acre}} in extent. This makes it one of the larger freshwater islands, but it is probably the largest relative to the size of the body of water it sits in, Loch Orasaigh being only about {{convert |125|ha|acre}} all told.|group="Note"}}
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[Lewis]]
|Loch Trealalabhal
|{{gbm4ibx|NB274236}}
|Eilean nan Cnàmh,{{#tag:ref|Eilean nan Cnàmh is in Loch nam Faoileag, an arm of Loch Trealalabhal separated from the main body by a causeway. The former loch is "commonly regarded" as part of the latter.<ref>Murray and Pullar (1910) [http://www.nls.uk/maps/bathymetric/text.cfm?seq=1486 "Lochs of Lewis"] Page 208, Volume II, Part II. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2009.</ref>|group="Note"}} Eilean nan Uan, Eilean Mòr Loch Trealaval, Eilean Dubh Mhic Leoid
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch an Eilean
|{{gbm4ibx|NF747759}}
|Dùn a' Ghaillain
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch an t-Sruith Mhòir
|{{gbm4ibx|NF902695}}
|Eilean Glas Mòr, Eilean na Caora Glaise, Eilean nam Faoileag
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch Aonghais
|{{gbm4ibx|NF855738}}
|Dùn Aonghais
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch Carabhat
|{{gbm4ibx|NF848611}}
|Dùn Bàn, Eilean Dubh, Eilean Glas
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch Dùn an t-Siamain
|{{gbm4ibx|NF885593}}
|Dùn an t-Siamain
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch Eubhal
|{{gbm4ibx|NF726711}}
|Dùn Mhic Raouill
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch Fhada
|{{gbm4ibx|NF871712}}
|Adam Fraoich, Eilean Dubh Mòr, Eilean Mossam
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch Hundair
|{{gbm4ibx|NF905657}}
|Dùn Bàn
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch nan Eun
|{{gbm4ibx|NF843674}}
|Eilean Buidhe
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch nan Garbh Chlachan
|{{gbm4ibx|NF860599}}
|Dùn Bàn
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch nan Geireann
|{{gbm4ibx|NF845727}}
|Aird Reamhar, Eilean Glas
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch nan Strùban
|{{gbm4ibx|NF807646}}
|Eilean Achotain
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch Obasaraigh
|{{gbm4ibx|NF894613}}
|Eilean Fada, Eilean Leathann, Eilean Mòr
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch Olabhat
|{{gbm4ibx|NF749753}}
|[[Eilean Dòmhnuill]]
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|[[Loch Sgadabhagh]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NF854683}}
|Eilean Dubh Mòr
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[North Uist]]
|Loch Sgealtair
|{{gbm4ibx|NF893683}}
|Dùn Eilean Buidhe
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[South Uist]]
|Loch an Dùin Mhor
|{{gbm4ibx|NF775414}}
|Dùn Mòr
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[South Uist]]
|Loch an Eilein
|{{gbm4ibx|NF762371}}
|Eilean Bheagram
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[South Uist]]
|Loch Baghasdal{{#tag:ref|This loch is not specifically named by the Ordnance Survey and at one time it may have been an extension of the saltwater Loch Boisdale. Its size has been enhanced artificially in that a small dam has been constructed, probably to prevent brackish water entering from Poll a' Fearchadh.<ref>See this photograph: [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1363488 "Saltwater Dam"] Geograph. Retrieved 1 January 2010.</ref>|group="Note"}}
|{{gbm4ibx|NF758200}}
|Eilean nan Rámh
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[South Uist]]
|Loch Bì
|{{gbm4ibx|NF773438}}
|Brostam More, Brostam Beg, Chiasmul, Eilean a Charnan, Eilean Dubh an Tairbeirt, Limalum More
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[South Uist]]
|Loch Druidibeag
|{{gbm4ibx|NF777460}}
|Dùn Buidhe, Dùn Ragbhail, Eilean an Rana
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[South Uist]]
|Loch Dùn na Buail'-uachdraich
|{{gbm4ibx|NF777460}}
|Dùn na Buail'-uachdraich<ref>This dùn is probably the remains of a [[broch]]. See [http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=9918 "South Uist, Eochar, Dun Na Buail' Uachdraich"] Scotlands Places. Retrieved 15 December 2009.</ref>
|-
|Outer Hebrides
|[[South Uist]]
|Loch Dùn na Cille
|{{gbm4ibx|NF748185}}
|Dùn na Killie, Eilean Buidhe, Eilean Fraoich
|-
|Orkney
|[[Mainland, Orkney|Mainland]]
|[[Loch of Harray]]
|{{gbm4ibx|HY291160}}
|Holm of Kirkness, Ling Holm, Ling Holms, Long Holm, Sand Holm
|-
|Orkney
|[[Mainland, Orkney|Mainland]]
|Loch of Swannay
|{{gbm4ibx|HY312279}}
|Muckle Holm
|-
|Orkney
|[[Rousay]]
|Loch of Wasbister
|{{gbm4ibx|HY397333}}
|The Burrian
|-
|Shetland
|[[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland]]
|Loch of Clickimin
|{{gbm4ibx|HU465407}}
|[[Broch of Clickimin]]{{#tag:ref|This islet is now attached to Mainland Shetland by a stone causeway.<ref>[http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst11133.html Clickimin Broch] Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 25 April 2010.</ref> |group="Note"}}
|-
|Shetland
|[[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland]]
|Loch of Tingwall
|{{gbm4ibx|HU416427}}
|Holme of Setter, [[Law Ting Holm]]{{#tag:ref|This islet is now attached to Mainland Shetland by a stone causeway.<ref name=thing/>|group="Note"}}
|-
|Shetland
|[[Unst]]
|Loch of Watlee
|{{gbm4ibx|HP594055}}
|Little Holm
|}
 
== In rivers ==
[[File:Inchbuie.jpg|right|thumb|alt=An overgrown area with a circular stone structure covered in ivy in the foreground and a wall with wide embrasures beyond. Tall trees, both conifers and deciduous overlook the scene.|The MacNab burial ground on [[Inchbuie]]]]
[[File:Ness islands.jpg|thumb|alt=A woodland track leads through tall trees, some with the grown and gold leaves of autumn. There is an orange leaf litter on the ground. A body of water is visible through the trees to the left.|Woods on the [[Ness Islands]]]]
[[File:Threave Castle 2.jpg|thumb|alt=A massive, roofless four storey medieval stone tower sits amid grass and trees. On one side the stones are stained with orange lichen.|[[Threave Castle]] on Threave Island in the [[River Dee, Galloway|River Dee]]]]
[[File:Alloainch.jpg|right|thumb|alt=A collection of ruined farm buildings and a nissen hut sit amid fields that lie beyond the grey waters of a river. Wooded slopes and higher treeless hills lie beyond.|[[Alloa Inch]], showing the ruins]]
[[File:Contin Manse.jpg|thumb|The manse on [[Contin Island]]]]
 
No part of Scotland is more than {{convert|80.4|km|mi|0}} from the sea<ref>[http://www.loveofscotland.com/gazet.html "Snap Facts"] loveofscotland.com. Retrieved 28 April 2010.</ref> and as a result Scotland's rivers are neither very wide nor long (although Scotland has many substantial salt water estuaries called [[firths]]). These are islands in freshwater, or where indicated, occasionally reached by high tides and in brackish water.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:72%; border:0; text-align:left; line-height:150%;"
|-
! style="width:10%;"|Local authority
! style="width:10%;"|River
!width=10%|OS Grid reference
! style="width:40%;"|Islands{{#tag:ref|(b) Indicates those that from time to time lie in brackish water, as indicated by the Ordnance Survey as lying below the "Mean High Water Springs".|group="Note"}}
|-
|[[Aberdeenshire]]
|[[River Deveron]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NJ683625}}
|Scury Islands
|-
|[[Aberdeenshire]]
|[[River Deveron]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NJ637471}}
|Logg Island
|-
|[[Aberdeenshire]]
|[[River Ythan]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NJ998274}}
| Inch Geck (b)
|-
|[[Argyll and Bute]]
|[[River Shira]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN139153}}
|Eilean an Eagail
|-
|[[Clackmannanshire]]
|[[River Forth]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NS869918}}
| [[Alloa Inch]] (b), Tullibody Inch (b)
|-
|[[Dumfries and Galloway]]
|[[River Annan]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NY191692}}
|Rabbit Island
|-
|[[Dumfries and Galloway]]
|[[River Cree]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NX383700}}
|Cut Island
|-
|[[Dumfries and Galloway]]
|[[River Dee, Galloway|River Dee]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NX740623}}
|[[Threave Castle|Threave Island]]
|-
|[[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
|[[River Beauly]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NH468416}}
|[[Eilean Aigas]]
|-
|[[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
|[[Black Water (Conon)|Black Water]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NH438590}}
|Eilean an Daraich, [[Contin Island]]
|-
|[[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
|[[River Conon]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NH533546}}
|[[Dunglass Island]] (b), Moy Island
|-
|[[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
|[[River Oykel]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NC398001}}
|Eilean Thùrnaig
|-
|[[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
|[[River Ness]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NH663437}}
| [[Ness Islands]]
|-
|[[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
|[[Snizort|River Snizort]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NG416485}}
|Island of St Columba
|-
|[[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
|[[River Spey]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN599937}}
|Eilean Dubh
|-
|[[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
|[[River Spey]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN504946}}
|Eilean Longart
|-
|[[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
|[[River Spey]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN551937}}
|Eilean Mhic Rath
|-
|[[Moray]]
|[[River Spey]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NJ287450}}
|Heathery Isle
|-
|[[Moray]]
|[[River Spey]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NJ201415}}
|Island Roary
|-
|[[Moray]]
|[[River Spey]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NJ186413}}
|Stony Island
|-
|[[Scottish Borders]]
|[[Ettrick Water]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NT463285}}
|The Island
|-
|[[Scottish Borders]]
|[[River Tweed]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NT907483}}
|Blount Island{{#tag:ref|Canny Island at {{gbm4ibx|NT891467}} is in the middle of the Tweed but on the English side of the border as identified by the Ordnance Survey. Likewise Dreeper Island, further upstream.|group="Note"}}
|-
|[[Scottish Borders]]
|[[River Tweed]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NT748353}}
|Sharpitlaw Anna
|-
|[[Scottish Borders]]
|[[River Tweed]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NT926495}}
|St. Thomas's Island
|-
|[[South Lanarkshire]]
|[[River Clyde]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NS868438}}
|Clydesholm
|-
|[[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]]
|[[River Dochart]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN571325}}
| [[Inchbuie]]
|-
|[[Perth and Kinross]]
|[[River Tay]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NN998477}}
|Dowally Island, Woodinch
|-
|[[Perth and Kinross]]
|[[River Tay]]
|{{gbm4ibx|NO122222}}
|[[Moncrieffe Island]] (b), Insherrit Island (b), The Scone Isles, The Stanners (b)
|}
There are several former islands in the Tay, created by natural silting and artificial reclamation including: Big Island, Bloody Inches near [[Murthly]], North Inch and South Inch in [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], Richards Islands, Sleepless Inch and The Inch near [[Inchtuthil]].{{#tag:ref|North and South Inch are reclaimed parks on the right bank of the Tay, now within the bounds of the town of [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]].<ref>[http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townhistory155.html "Perth"] Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 29 April 2010.</ref> Sleepless Island is now a sewage works at {{gbm4ibx|NO146220}}<ref>[http://www.perthcity.co.uk/index.asp?pg=71 " Wildlife on the Tay"] perthcity.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2010.</ref> Bloody Inches is at {{gbm4ibx|NO139391}} and The Inch at {{gbm4ibx|NO106391}}. Big Island is a former gravel bank at {{gbm4ibx|NN992494}} and Richards Islands are further upstream on the River Tummel (a tributary of the Tay) at {{gbm4ibx|NN955557}}<ref>Gilvear D. J., Davies J. R., and Winterbottom S. J. (1994) [http://qjegh.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/319 "Mechanisms of floodbank failure during large flood events on the rivers Tay and Earn, Scotland"] Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. Geological Society of London '''27''' issue 4. pp. 319-332. Retrieved 29 April 2010.</ref><ref>Gilvear, David J. (1993) [http://sp.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/75/1/231 "River management and conservation issues on formerly braided river systems; the case of the River Tay, Scotland"]. Geological Society. London. Special Publications '''75''' pp. 231-240.
Retrieved 29 April 2010.</ref><ref>"Gravel Working in the River Tay System: A Code of Good Practice". (2007) SNH. Report No. 1736. Battleby. ISBN 978-1-85397-573-8</ref>|group="Note"}}
 
==See also==
{{Commons category|Lochs of Scotland}}
* [[Battle of the North Inch]]
* [[Loch Gorm Castle]] on Eilean Mòr in Loch Gorm, Islay
*[[Mugdrum Island]], which lies in tidal waters in the [[Firth of Tay]].
*[[List of islands of Scotland]]
*[[List of lochs in Scotland]]
*[[List of rivers in Scotland]]
*[[Scottish island names]]
*[[Waterfalls of Scotland]]
 
==References and footnotes==
;General references
* [[G.W.S. Barrow|Barrow, G.W.S.]] (ed.), ''The Kingdom of the Scots: Government, Church and Society from the Eleventh to the Fourteenth Century'' (2003) Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 0-7486-1803-1
* Coventry, Martin (2008) ''Castles of the Clans''. Musselburgh. Goblinshead. ISBN 978-1-899874-36-1
* General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) ''[http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/occpapers/occasional-paper-10.html Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands]''. Retrieved 9 July 2007.
* Grant, Alexander "The Wolf of Badenoch" in W.D.H. Sellar (ed.) (1993) ''Moray: Province and People''. Scottish Society for Northern Studies. Edinburgh; ISBN 0-9505994-7-6
* {{Haswell-Smith}}
* {{Gaelic Placenames}}
* Murray, Sir John and Pullar, Laurence (1910) ''Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909''. London; Challenger Office.
* [[Ordnance Survey]] (2009) [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/ "Get-a-map"]. Retrieved January 2010.
;Notes
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;Citations
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