Eigg
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Eigg ( ; ) is one of the Small Isles in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It lies to the south of the island of Skye and to the north of the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Eigg is long from north to south, and east to west. With an area of just over it is the second-largest of the Small Isles after Rùm. The highest eminence on Eigg is An Sgùrr, which is formed from the Sgurr of Eigg Pitchstone Formation, which erupted into a valley of older lavas during the Eocene epoch.
Key facts
- Scottish island.Image
- View of Galmisdale and An Sgurr - geograph.org.uk - 823602.jpg
- Scottish island.ImageCaption
- An Sgùrr
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Small Isles##Scotland Lochaber
- Scottish island.caption
- Eigg shown within the Small Isles##Eigg shown within Lochaber
- Scottish island.GridReference
- NM476868
- Scottish island.celtic name
- Eige
- Scottish island.norse name
- Unknown
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- Scottish Gaelic for 'notched island' (eag)
- Scottish island.area rank
- 28
- Scottish island.highest elevation
- An Sgùrr,
- Scottish island.Population
- 95
- Scottish island.population density
- 23.1 people/km2
- Scottish island.population rank
- 46=
- Scottish island.main settlement
- Cleadale
- Scottish island.island group
- Small Isles
- Scottish island.local authority
- Highland
- Lighthouse.qid
- Q29076274
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Inner Hebrides
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Small Isles
- Population
- 105
- Area
- 30.5
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Sea of the Hebrides
- Highest point
- An Sgùrr
- Operator
- Scottish Wildlife Trust
- Official website
- www.isleofeigg.org
- Image
- Eilean Chathastail, lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 916403.jpg
- Width
- 5
- Length
- 9
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- Commons category
- Eigg
- historic county
- Inverness-shire
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- OS grid reference
- NM474875
- P12749
- Ivanovka
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Article · Español
Eigg (en gaélico escocés: Eige) es una de las islas Small, en las Hébridas Interiores escocesas. Está ubicada al sur de la isla de Skye, y al norte de la península de Ardnamurchan. Eigg tiene 9 km de largo en dirección norte sur, y 5 km en dirección transversal. Con una superficie de 30,5 km², es la segunda isla en superficie de las islas Small, después de Rum.
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