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Eilean an Ròin Mòr

Eilean an Ròin Mòr

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Not to be confused with Eilean nan Ròn.

Eilean an Ròin Mòr is an uninhabited island in north west Sutherland.

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Geography

Eilean an Ròin Mòr, with its neighbour, Eilean an Ròin Beag, forms rocky peninsula to the north of Oldshoremore beach.[2] Only a narrow channel separates it from the mainland.[3]

The rocky island has little vegetation.[2]

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. [2]
    Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  3. [3]
    Ordnance Survey

58°28′34″N 5°7′38″W

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