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This is a '''list of islands of Scotland''', the mainland of which is part of the island of [[Great Britain]]. Also included are various other related tables and lists. The definition of an offshore [[island]] used in this list is "land that is surrounded by seawater on a daily basis, but not necessarily at all stages of the tide, excluding human devices such as bridges and causeways".{{refn|Various other definitions are used. For example the General Register Office for Scotland define an island as "a mass of land surrounded by water, separate from the Scottish mainland" but although they include islands linked by bridges etc. this is not clear from this definition. Haswell-Smith (2004) uses "an Island is a piece of land or group of pieces of land which is entirely surrounded by water at Lowest Astronomical Tide and to which there is no permanent means of dry access". This is widely agreed to be unhelpful as it excludes bridged islands. However, the large numbers of small tidal islets essentially defy categorisation.|group=Note}}
[[Scotland]] has around 900 offshore islands,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://marine.gov.scot/data/facts-and-figures-about-scotlands-sea-area-coastline-length-sea-area-sq-kms |title=Facts and figures about Scotland's sea area |website=Marine Scotland Information |publisher=[[Marine Scotland]] |access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref> most of which are to be found in four main groups: [[Shetland Islands|Shetland]], [[Orkney Islands|Orkney]], and the [[Hebrides]], sub-divided into the [[Inner Hebrides]] and [[Outer Hebrides]].<ref name=Smith>{{harvtxt|Haswell-Smith|2004}}</ref> There are also clusters of islands in the [[Firth of Clyde]], [[Firth of Forth]], and [[Solway Firth]], and numerous small islands within the many bodies of [[fresh water]] in Scotland including [[Loch Lomond]] and [[Loch Maree]]. The largest island is [[Lewis and Harris]], which extends to {{convert|2179|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}, and there are a further 200 islands which are greater than {{convert|40|ha|acre|-1}} in area. Of the remainder, several, such as [[Staffa]] and the [[Flannan Isles]], are well-known, despite their small size.<ref name=Smith/> Some 101 Scottish islands are currently permanently inhabited, of which 96 are offshore islands. Between 2001 and 2011, Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702<ref name=BBCr>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-23711202 "Scotland's 2011 census: Island living on the rise"]. [[BBC News]]. Retrieved 18 August 2013.</ref> although by 2022 the total had fallen back to just under 103,000.<ref name=RESAS>{{RESAS}}</ref>{{refn|The RESAS data is not totalled but a figure of 102,900 can be derived from adding the individual figures on the list. This total excludes an entry for a population of 46 on 'Mainland', which does not appear to refer to any island and the 'island' of Rubha nan Gall, which is listed with a population of 6. As the name implies, and as both OS maps and the locations holiday cottage website make clear, this is a headland, not an island.<ref>[https://rubhanangall.com/ "Welcome to Rubha nan Gall"]. Rubhanangall.com. Retrieved 29 June 2025.</ref> There are other complications. The total of all the islands in the island local authority areas do not appear to add up to the total provided by the 2022 census for those authorities. The raw data held by the [[National Records of Scotland]] is [https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/geography-products/ here] but not in an accessible format.|group=Note}}
The geology and geomorphology of the islands is
[[file: Kingdom of Mann and the Isles-en.svg|thumb|left|The [[Norse-Gaelic]] [[Kingdom of the Isles]] in c.1100 CE]]
The culture of the islands has been affected by the successive influences of [[Celtic language|Celtic]]-, [[Old Norse language|Norse]]- and [[English language|English]]-speaking peoples, and this is reflected in names given to the islands. From the ninth to the thirteenth centuries, most of the Scottish islands were united under the [[Norse-Gaelic]] [[Lordship of the Isles]]. Many of the [[Hebrides]] have names with [[Scottish Gaelic language|Scots Gaelic]] derivations, whilst those of the [[Northern Isles]] tend to be derived from the [[Viking]] names. A few have [[Britons (historical)|Brythonic]], [[Scots language|Scots]] and even perhaps pre-Celtic roots.<ref name=Smith/>
A feature of modern life in the islands is the low crime rate, and they are considered to be among the safest places to live in [[United Kingdom|Britain]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Ross, John |title=Isolated Communities Where Violent Crime Comes as a Shock |work=[[The Scotsman]] |___location=Edinburgh |date=5 October 2007}}</ref> Orkney was rated as the best place to live in Scotland in both 2013 and 2014, according to the [[Halifax (bank)|Halifax]] Quality of Life survey.<ref>Harrison, Jody (20 December 2014) [http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/orkney-best-for-quality-of-life.114929765 "Orkney best for quality of life"]. Glasgow. ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]''. Retrieved 20 December 2014.</ref>
[[Rockall]] is a small rocky islet in the North Atlantic which was declared part of Scotland by the [[Island of Rockall Act 1972]].<ref>{{cite news | title=On This Day: 21 September |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/21/newsid_4582000/4582327.stm |publisher=[[BBC News Online|BBC News]] |date=21 September 1955 |access-date=1 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=House of Lords Hansard |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/ldhansrd/vo970624/text/70624-02.htm |date=24 June 1997 |access-date=1 August 2007}}</ref> However, despite no possession by any other state and other precedents, the legality of the claim is disputed by the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Denmark]] and [[Iceland]], and some say it may be unenforceable in international law.<ref>{{cite web |website=Official Report of the Parliamentary Debates of the Houses of the Oireachtas |url=http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0268/D.0268.197311010090.html |title=Oral Questions to the Minister of Foreign Affairs |publisher=Dáil Éireann |date=1 November 1973 |access-date=17 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822145436/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0268/D.0268.197311010090.html |archive-date=22 August 2006}}</ref><ref>MacDonald (2006) pp. 627–647.</ref>
[[Image:Eilean Donan castle - 95mm.jpg|thumb|[[Eilean Donan]] castle]]
==Demographics==
[[File:Vuiamor2.jpg|thumb|left|Abandoned houses on [[Fuaigh Mòr]], which had a population of 46 prior to being [[Highland Clearances|cleared]]<ref>Haswell-Smith (2007) p. 306</ref>]]
The [[2021–2022 United Kingdom censuses|2022 census]] records 101 Scottish islands as having a usually resident population, of which 96 are offshore islands. There are however various complications with both the definitions of an "island" and occasional habitation; and the [[National Records of Scotland]] have also listed a further 17 islands that were inhabited in 2001 but not in 2011, or are "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>National Records of Scotland (2013) pp. 11-13</ref> There are a small number of other islands that are evidently inhabited but which are not recorded in this list.{{refn| For example, [[South Walls]] is included in [[Hoy, Orkney|Hoy]] by the census. The evidence of maps, sources and photographs makes it clear that [[Eriska]] and [[Seana Bhaile]] have been permanently inhabited for some time. They were included in 2022 but not the censuses of 2001 or 2011. The freshwater islands of [[Eilean Aigas]] and [[Contin Island]] have been omitted from all three 21st century censuses.|group=Note}}
in 2011 the [[Local government in Scotland|local government]] [[Council areas of Scotland|council areas]] with the most inhabited islands were [[Argyll and Bute]] with 23, Orkney with 20, Shetland with 16 and [[Highland (council area)|Highland]] and [[Comhairle nan Eilean Siar]] with 14 each. There were also three in [[North Ayrshire]] and one each in [[Fife]], [[Perth and Kinross]], [[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]] and [[West Dunbartonshire]]. The last three named plus two islands in Argyll and Bute are freshwater rather than offshore.<ref name=NRS/>
[[File:Portree (2477763387).jpg|thumb|[[Portree]] on [[Skye]], an island where the population has grown in recent decades<ref>Haswell-Smith (2007) p. 173</ref>]]
In the past many smaller islands that are uninhabited today had permanent populations. Losses were severe in many areas during the 19th century when islands such as [[Pabbay, Harris|Pabbay]] and [[Fuaigh Mòr]] were subject to forcible evictions during the [[Highland Clearances]].<ref>Haswell-Smith (2007) pp. 269, 306-07</ref> Mass emigration from the Hebridean islands was at its height in the mid-19th century but it commenced as early as the 1770s in some areas.<ref>Symonds (1999) p. 101</ref> The [[crofting counties]] held 20% of Scotland's population in 1755 but by 1961 this figure had declined to 5%.<ref>Turnock (1969) p. 190</ref> Other examples are [[Mingulay]], [[Isle of Noss|Noss]] and the [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]] archipelago, which were abandoned during the course of the 20th century. Declines have been particularly significant in the more remote outlying islands, some of which remain vulnerable to ongoing losses.<ref>Wenham, Sheena "Modern Times" in Omand (2003) p. 110.</ref>
The following table shows population trends for the ten most populous islands as of the 2011 census. The overall trends are typically growth in populations in the early part of the modern period, followed by declines from the mid 19th century onwards. In every case except Orkney the highest population was recorded prior to 1932 and the lowest post-[[Industrial Revolution]] figure after 1960. Subsequently, there has been modest growth overall, although some islands are continuing to show a decline. Between 1991 and 2001, the population of the islands as a whole fell by 3% to 99,739, although there were 35 islands whose population increased.<ref name=GRO>General Register Office for Scotland (2003)</ref> By contrast, between 2001 and 2011 Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702.<ref name=BBCr/> The Scottish Community Alliance noted that "the largest rate of increase has been in the Western Isles (6%) where local people now own approximately 60% of the landmass. Where populations have fallen (Bute, Arran and Islay) community ownership is virtually non-existent."<ref>[http://tinder.cazinc.co.uk/t/ViewEmail/r/3635BB00DF1D798A2540EF23F30FEDED/A5AFD9C141473643D9767B6002735221 "Increase in islands’ population"]. Scottish Community Alliance. Retrieved 7 September 2013.</ref>
===Largest Scottish islands by population===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2"|Rank
! rowspan="2"|Island
! rowspan="2"|Local authority
! colspan="9"|Population
|-
!c. 1801
! 1841
! 1891
! 1931
! 1961
! 1981
! 2001<ref name=GRO/>
! 2011<ref name=NRS/>
! 2011<ref name=RESAS/>
|-
| 1
| [[Lewis and Harris]]<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 288</ref>
| [[Na h-Eileanan Siar]]
|12,164
|20,046
|30,726
|28,042
|24,107
|22,476
|19,918
|21,031
|19,680
|-
| 2
| [[Mainland, Shetland]]<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 434</ref>
| [[Shetland]]
|
|20,572
|19,741
|15,172
|13,282
|17,722
|17,550
|18,765
|18,763
|-
| 3
| [[Mainland, Orkney]]<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 354</ref>
| [[Orkney]]
|
|16,022
|16,498
|13,352
|13,495
|14,000
|15,315
|17,162
|17,779
|-
| 4
| [[Isle of Skye|Skye]]<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 173</ref>
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
|14,470 (in 1794)
|23,082
|15,705
|9,908
|7,479
|7,276
| 9,232
|10,008
|10,496
|-
| 5
| [[Isle of Bute|Bute]]<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 23</ref>
| [[Argyll and Bute]]
|4,759 (in 1792)
|7,147
|11,735
|12,112
|9,793
|7,306
| 7,228
|6,498
|6,047
|-
| 6
| [[Isle of Arran|Arran]]<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 11</ref>
| [[North Ayrshire]]
|5,804 (in 1792)
|6,241
|4,730
|4,506
|3,700
|3,845
|5,045
|4,629
|4,618
|-
| 7
| [[Islay]]<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 41</ref>
| [[Argyll and Bute]]
|9,500 (in 1792)
|15,772
|7,375
|4,970
|3,860
|3,792
| 3,457
|3,228
|3,180
|-
| 8
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 87</ref>
| [[Argyll and Bute]]
|8,016 (in 1794)
|8,316
|4,691
|2,903
|2,154
|2,197
|2,667
|2,800
|3,063
|-
| 9
| [[South Uist]]<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 236</ref>
| [[Na h-Eileanan Siar]]
|
|5,093
|3,708
|2,810
|2,376
|2,231
| 1,818
|1,754
|1,650
|-
| 10
| [[Great Cumbrae]]<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 18</ref>
| [[North Ayrshire]]
|509 (in 1793)
|1,413
|1,784
|2,144
|1,638
|1,300
| 1,434
|1,376
|1,293
|-
!
! Total
!
!
!123,704
!116,693
!95,919
!81,884
!82,145
!83,664
!87,251
!86,569
|-
!
!Change
!
!
!
! −5.7%
! −7.8%
! −14.6%
! +0.3%
! +1.8%
! +4.3%
! -0.8%
|}
The following table compares the populations of the main Scottish archipelagos with that of the [[Faroe Islands]] for a similar time frame to the above.{{refn|For a discussion of some of the factors involved see Coull (1967).|group=Note}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Archipelago
! 1801
! 1851
! 1901
! 1931
! 1971
!2011<ref name=NRS/>
|-
|[[Hebrides]]<ref name=Murr>Murray (1973) p. 216</ref>
|64,690
|88,615
|76,780
|60,390
|45,480
|46,632
|-style="background-color:#eeeeaa"
|Change
|
|{{up}} 37%
|{{down}} 13%
|{{down}} 21%
|{{down}} 25%
|{{up}} 3%
|-
|[[Orkney]]<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/OKI/ "Orkney"] GENUKI quoting census data. Retrieved 8 September 2013.</ref>
|24,445
|31,318
|27,763
|21,933
|17,007
|21,349
|-style="background-color:#eeeeaa"
|Change
|
|{{up}} 28%
|{{down}} 11%
|{{down}} 21%
|{{down}} 22%
|{{up}} 26%
|-
|[[Shetland]]<ref name=Nic>Nicolson (1972) p. 92</ref>
|22,000
|31,000
|28,000
|21,000
|17,500
|23,167
|-style="background-color:#eeeeaa"
|Change
|
|{{up}} 41%
|{{down}} 10%
|{{down}} 25%
|{{down}} 17%
|{{up}} 32%
|-
|[[Faroe Islands]]
|5,265<ref name=Bailey>Bailey (1998) p. 314</ref>
|8,000<ref>{{cite web| url=http://91.208.143.100/pxweb/norden/pxweb/en/Nordic%20Statistics/Nordic%20Statistics__Population__Population%20size%20and%20change/popu08.px| title=POPU08: Historical population, 1000s, by reporting country and time| publisher=Nordon| access-date=13 November 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113115825/http://91.208.143.100/pxweb/norden/pxweb/en/Nordic%20Statistics/Nordic%20Statistics__Population__Population%20size%20and%20change/popu08.px| archive-date=2016-11-13| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|15,230<ref name=Bailey/>
|24,500
|38,612<ref name=Bailey/>
|48,515<ref name=Faroe>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081118150931/http://www.hagstova.fo/portal/page/portal/HAGSTOVAN/Statistics_%20Faroe_Islands/Statistics/Population%20and%20elections "Population and elections"]. Hagstova Føroya. Retrieved 8 September 2013.</ref>
|-style="background-color:#eeeeaa"
|Change
|
|{{up}} 52%
|{{up}} 90%
|{{up}} 61%
|{{up}} 58%
|{{up}} 26%
|}
==Legislation==
In July 2013, the [[Scottish Government]] made the [[Lerwick Declaration]], indicating an intention to decentralise power to the three island council areas of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles and later that year made a commitment to do so.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendum-news/islands-set-to-win-key-decision-making-powers-with-unprecedented-legislatio.22769214|title=Islands set to win key decision-making powers with unprecedented legislation |last=Ross |first=David |work=The Herald (Glasgow)|date=23 November 2013|access-date=27 November 2013}}</ref> In 2017 an Islands [[Bill (law)|bill]] was introduced to make "island proofing" (including for uninhabited islands) a statutory requirement for public bodies. The Bill completed Stage 1 on 8 February 2018.<ref>[http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/105168.aspx "Islands (Scotland) Bill"] Scottish Government. Retrieved 24 February 2018.</ref> The [[Islands (Scotland) Act 2018]] was then duly passed.
==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 feet or 914.4 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 metres, regardless of [[elevation|absolute height]]).<ref name="Munros">{{Cite book| author=D.A. Bearhop | year=1997 | title=Munro's Tables | isbn=978-0-907521-53-2 | publisher=Scottish Mountaineering Club & Trust}}</ref>
[[Image:Orkney Islands.jpg|thumb|Orkney aerial photomap]]
[[Image:Wfm shetland map.svg|thumb|The [[Shetland]] archipelago]]
[[Image:Kirkabister Ness.jpg|thumb|[[Bressay|Bressay Lighthouse]] at Kirkabister Ness, Shetland]]
[[Image:Old man of hoy2.jpg|thumb|The [[Old Man of Hoy]], Orkney, a 137-metre (450 ft) [[Stack (geology)|sea stack]] of [[Old Red Sandstone|red sandstone]]]]
[[Image:Tobermory, Isle of Mull.jpg|thumb|[[Tobermory, Mull|Tobermory]] harbour, [[Isle of Mull]]]]
[[Image:Creag na Bruaich, Raasay - geograph.org.uk - 39970.jpg|thumb|upright|The cliffs of Creag na Bruaich, [[Raasay]]]]
[[Image:Dubh artach.jpg|thumb|''{{lang|gd|[[Dhu Heartach]]|italic=unset}} Lighthouse, During Construction'' by [[Sam Bough]] (1822–1878)]]
[[Image:Scotland-Staffa-Fingals-Cave-1900.jpg|thumb|[[Fingal's Cave]], [[Staffa]]]]
[[Image:Kisimul Castle.jpg|thumb|[[Kisimul Castle]], [[Barra]]]]
[[Image:Ailsa Craig2.jpg|right|thumb|[[Ailsa Craig]] from the [[South Ayrshire]] coast]]
[[Image:Iona Abbey.jpg|thumb|[[Iona Abbey]]]]
[[Image:Shiant Isles.jpg|thumb|[[Shiant Islands]]]]
[[Image:Muckle Flugga.jpg|thumb|[[Muckle Flugga]] [[lighthouse]], [[Shetland]]]]
[[Image:papsofjura1.jpg|thumb|Two of the Paps of [[Jura, Scotland|Jura]]. ''Photo by John Shaw''.]]
[[Image:Earl's Palace - Birsay.jpg|thumb|[[Earl's Palace, Birsay|The Earl's Palace, Birsay]], [[Orkney]]]]
[[Image:Klippen bei Eshaness3 5845.JPG|thumb|The cliffs of Eshaness, [[North Mainland, Shetland]]]]
[[Image:Bass Rock from Tantallon Castle.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Bass Rock]] from [[Tantallon Castle]]]]
[[Image:Mv isle of lewis summer isles.jpg|thumb|MV ''Isle of Lewis'' in [[The Minch]]]]
[[Image:Sula Sgeir from the South West.jpg|thumb|[[Sula Sgeir]] from the south west]]
[[Image:Panorama of Stornoway.jpg|thumb|[[Stornoway]] harbour, [[Isle of Lewis|Lewis]]]]
[[Image:Fair Isle - West cliffs.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Fair Isle]] cliffs]]
[[Image:Callanish standing stones 1.jpg|thumb|[[Callanish]] Standing Stones, [[Isle of Lewis|Lewis]]]]
[[Image:Tiree, Balephuil Bay.jpg|thumb|[[Machair (geography)|Machair]] at Balephuil Bay, [[Tiree]]]]
[[Image:Peeriebard.jpg|right|thumb|The east coast of [[Mousa]] towards the [[Peerie Bard]]]]
[[Image:Clisham.jpg|thumb|[[Clisham]], [[Harris, Outer Hebrides|Harris]]]]
[[Image:Eigg.AnSgurr.Canthusus.jpg|thumb|{{lang|gd|[[An Sgurr (Eigg)|An Sgurr]]|italic=unset}}, [[Eigg]]]]
[[Image:Quiraing, Isle of Skye.jpg|thumb|The rock pinnacles of the [[Quiraing]], [[Skye]]]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Island
!Group
!Area<br />([[hectare|ha]])<br /><ref>Haswell-Smith (2004), save as otherwise stated.</ref>{{refn|Island areas indicated with an asterisk are estimates based on [[Ordnance Survey]] maps and General Register Office for Scotland statistics.|group=Note}}
!Population<br /><ref name=RESAS/>{{refn|Islands classified as inhabited in the 2001 or 2011 census but not in 2022, and by implication classified as occasionally inhabited, are indicated with a degree symbol °.|group=Note}}
!Height<br />(m)<ref>{{Ordnance Survey|access-date=21 August 2013}} The maps mark the height above sea level of a high point on most islands, but in a few cases this is not the highest peak.</ref>
|-
| [[Ailsa Craig]] ({{lang|gd|Creag Ealasaid}})
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|99}}
| 0
| 338
|-
| [[Isle of Arran|Arran]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Arainn}})
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|43201}}
| 4,618
| 874
|-
| [[Auskerry]]
| [[Orkney
| {{nts|85}}
| 2
| 18
|-
| [[Baleshare]] ({{lang|gd|Am Baile Sear}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|910}}
| 53
| 12
|-
| [[
| [[
| {{nts|80}}
| 0
| 44
|-
| [[Barra]] ({{lang|gd|Barraigh}})
| [[
| {{nts|5875}}
| 1,209
| 383
|-
| [[Barra Head]] ({{lang|gd|Beàrnaraigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|204}}
| 0
| 193
|-
| [[Benbecula]] ({{lang|gd|Beinn nam Fadhla}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|8203}}
| 1,255
| 124
|-
| [[Berneray (North Uist)|Berneray]] ({{lang|gd|Beàrnaraigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|1010}}
| 142
| 93
|-
| [[Bigga, Shetland|Bigga]]
| [[Shetland
| {{nts|78}}
| 0
| 34
|-
| [[Boreray, St Kilda|Boreray]] ({{lang|gd|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] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070705053252/http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/stkilda.html |date=2007-07-05 }}</ref>
| 0
| 384
|-
| [[Boreray, North Uist|Boreray]] ({{lang|gd|Boighreigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|204}}
| 1
| 56
|-
| [[Bressay]]
| [[Shetland
| {{nts|2805}}
| 345
| 226
|-
| [[Brother Isle]]
| [[Shetland
| {{nts|40}}
| 0
| 25
|-
| [[Bruray]]
| [[Out Skerries]]
| {{nts|55}}
| 16
| 53
|-
| [[Buchan Ness]]
| [[Buchan]] coast
| <span style="display:none">{{nts|4}}</span>4 *
| 1
| 5
|-
| [[Burray]]
| [[Orkney
| {{nts|903}}
| 445
| 80
|-
| [[Isle of Bute|Bute]] ({{lang|gd|Bòid}})
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|12217}}
| 6,047
| 278
|-
| [[Calf of Eday]]
| [[Orkney
| {{nts|243}}
| 0
| 54
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Calbha Mòr]]}}
| [[Edrachillis Bay]]
| {{nts|70}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
|67
|-
| [[Calve Island]]
| [[
| {{nts|72}}
| 0
| 20
|-
| [[Canna, Scotland|Canna]] ({{lang|gd|Canaigh}})
| [[
| {{nts|1130}}
| 9
| 210
|-
| [[Cara Island|Cara]]
| [[
| {{nts|66}}
| 0
| 56
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Càrna]]}}
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|213}}
| 0
| 169
|-
| [[Cava, Orkney|Cava]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|107}}
| 0
| 38
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Ceallasaigh Mòr]]}}
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|55}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
| 10
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Ceallasaigh Beag]]}}
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|46}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
| 10
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Ceann Ear]]}}
| [[Monach Islands]]
| {{nts|203}}
| 0
| 17
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Ceann Iar]]}}
| [[Monach Islands]]
| {{nts|154}}
| 0
| 19
|-
| [[Coll]] ({{lang|gd|Cola}})
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|7685}}
| 176
| 106
|-
| [[Colonsay]] ({{lang|gd|Colbhasa}})
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|4074}}
| 117
| 143
|-
| [[Copinsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|73}}
| 0
| 64
|-
| [[Island of Danna|Danna]]
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|315}} *
| 5
| 54
|-
| [[Island Davaar|Davaar]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Dà Bhàrr}})
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|52}} *
| 0 °
| 115
|-
| [[Dunglass Island]] (F)
| [[River Conon]]
| {{nts|40}} *
| 0
| 8
|-
| [[Easdale]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Èisdeal}})
| [[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]]
| <span style="display:none">{{nts|20}}</span> <20 *
| 61
| 38
|-
| [[East Burra]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|515}}
| 105
| 81
|-
| [[Eday]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|2745}}
| 102
| 101
|-
| [[Egilsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|650}}
| 17
| 35
|-
| [[Eigg]] ({{lang|gd|Eige}})
| [[Small Isles]]
| {{nts|3049}}
| 95
| 393
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean a' Ghiorr]]}}
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| 7<ref>[https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst88153.html "Eilean a' Ghiorr"]. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 1 July 2025.</ref>
| 1
| 10
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eileach an Naoimh]]}}
| [[Garvellachs]]
| {{nts|56}}
| 0
| 80
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Bàn]]}}
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| <span style="display:none">{{nts|10}}</span> <10 *
| 0 °
| 5
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Buidhe]]}}
| [[Craobh Haven]]
| <span style="display:none">{{nts|4}}</span> 4 *
| 6
| 9
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Chaluim Chille]]}}
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|85}}
| 0
| 43
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Chearstaidh]]}}
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|77}}
| 0
| 37
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean dà Mhèinn]]}}
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|3}} *
| 4
| 16
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Donan]]}}
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| <span style="display:none">{{nts|1}}</span> <1 *
| 0 °
| 3
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Dubh Mòr]]}}
| [[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]]
| {{nts|65}}
| 0
| 53
|-
| [[Eilean Fladday]] ({{lang|gd|Fladaigh}})
| [[Inner Hebrides]]
| {{nts|120}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
| 39
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Leathann]]}}
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| <span style="display:none">{{nts|6.5}}</span>6.5<ref>[https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst88176.html "Eilean Leathann"]. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 July 2025.</ref>
| 1
| 10
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Liubhaird]]}}
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|125}}
| 0
| 76
|-
| [[Eilean Loain]]
| [[Inner Hebrides]]
| <span style="display:none">{{nts|15}}</span> 15 *
| 1
| 28
|-
| [[Eilean Macaskin]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean MhicAsgain}})
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|50}}
| 0
| 65
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Meadhonach]]}}
| [[Crowlin Islands]]
| {{nts|77}}
| 0
| 54
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Mhealasta]]}}
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|124}}
| 0
| 77
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Mhic Chrion]]}}
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|54}} *
| 0
| 63
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Mòr, Crowlin Islands|Eilean Mòr]]}}
| [[Crowlin Islands]]
| {{nts|170}}
| 0
| 114
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Mòr, Loch Langavat|Eilean Mòr]]}} (F)
| [[Isle of Lewis|Lewis]]
| {{nts|59}} *
| 0
| 64
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean nan Ròn]]}}
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|138}}
| 0
| 76
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Righ]]}}
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|86}}
| 0
| 55
|-
| [[Eilean Shona]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Seòna}})
| [[Small Isles]]
| {{nts|525}}
| 9
| 265
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Sùbhainn]]}} (F)
| [[Loch Maree]]
| {{nts|118}} *
| 0
| 36
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Tigh]]}}
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|54}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
| 111
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Tioram]]}}
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|2}} *
| 5
| 10
|-
| [[Eilean Trodday]] ({{lang|gd|Tròndaigh}})
| Skye
| {{nts|42}}
| 0
| 45
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eileanan Iasgaich]]}}
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|50}}
| 0
| 23
|-
| [[Ensay, Outer Hebrides|Ensay]] ({{lang|gd|Easaigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|186}}
| 0
| 49
|-
| [[Eorsa]]
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|122}}
| 0
| 98
|-
| [[Eriska]] ({{lang|gd|Aoraisge}})
| [[Loch Linnhe]]
| {{nts|310}} *
| 21
| 47
|-
| [[Eriskay]] ({{lang|gd|Èirisgeigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|703}}
| 158
| 185
|-
| [[Erraid]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Earraid}})
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|187}}
| 6
| 75
|-
| [[Eynhallow]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|75}}
| 0
| 30
|-
| [[Fair Isle]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|768}}
| 44
| 217
|-
| [[Fara, Orkney|Fara]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|295}}
| 0
| 43
|-
| [[Faray]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|180}}
| 0
| 32
|-
| [[Fetlar]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|4078}}
| 66
| 158
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Fiaraidh]]}}
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|41}}
| 0
| 30
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Flodaigh]]}}
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|145}} *
| 4
| 20
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[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}}
| 77
| 58
|-
| [[Foula]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|1265}}
| 17
| 418
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Fuaigh Mòr]]}}
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|84}}
| 0
| 67
|-
| [[Fuday]] ({{lang|gd|Fùideigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|232}}
| 0
| 89
|-
| [[Fuiay]] ({{lang|gd|Fùidheigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|84}}
| 0
| 107
|-
| [[Gairsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|240}}
| 6
| 102
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Garbh Eileach]]}}
| [[Garvellachs]]
| {{nts|142}}
| 0
| 110
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Garbh Eilean, Shiant Islands|Garbh Eilean]]}}
| [[Shiant Islands]]
| {{nts|143}}
| 0
| 160
|-
| [[Garbh Eilean, Loch Maree|{{lang|gd|Garbh Eilean|nocat=y}}, Loch Maree]] (F)
| [[Loch Maree]]
| {{nts|65}} *
| 0
| 25
|-
| [[Gigha]] ({{lang|gd|Giogha}})
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|1395}}
| 187
| 100
|-
| [[Gighay]] ({{lang|gd|Gioghaigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|96}}
| 0
| 95
|-
| [[Glimps Holm]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|55}}
| 0
| 32
|-
| [[Gometra]] ({{lang|gd|Gòmastra}})
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|425}}
| 7
| 155
|-
| [[Graemsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|409}}
| 21
| 62
|-
| [[Great Bernera]] ({{lang|gd|Beàrnaraigh Mòr}})
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|2122}}
| 212
| 87
|-
| [[Great Cumbrae]] ({{lang|gd|Cumaradh Mòr}})
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|1168}}
| 1,293
| 127
|-
| [[Grimsay]] ({{lang|gd|Griomasaigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|833}}
| 149
| 22
|-
| [[Grimsay, South East Benbecula|Grimsay (South)]] ({{lang|gd|Griomasaigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|117}} *
| 27
| 20
|-
| [[Gruinard Island]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Ghruinneard}})
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|196}}
| 0
| 106
|-
| [[Gunna, Scotland|Gunna]] ({{lang|gd|Gunnaigh}})
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|69}}
| 0
| 35
|-
| [[Handa, Scotland|Handa]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Shannda}})
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|309}}
| 0
| 123
|-
| [[Hascosay]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|275}}
| 0
| 30
|-
| [[Hellisay]] ({{lang|gd|Theiliseigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|142}}
| 0
| 79
|-
| [[Hermetray]] ({{lang|gd|Thearmatraigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|72}}
| 0
| 35
|-
| [[Hildasay]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|108}}
| 0
| 32
|-
| [[Hirta]] ({{lang|gd|Hiort}})
| [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]
| {{nts|670}}
| 0
| 430
|-
| [[Holm of Grimbister]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|16}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 2
| 8
|-
| [[Holy Island, Firth of Clyde|Holy Island]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean MoLaise}})
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|253}}
| 17
| 314
|-
| [[Horse Island, Summer Isles|Horse Island]]
| [[Summer Isles]]
| {{nts|53}}
| 0
| 60
|-
| [[Housay]]
| [[Out Skerries]]
| {{nts|163}}
| 21
| 53
|-
| [[Hoy, Orkney|Hoy]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|13458}}
| 392<ref name=Hoy>The census does not list South Walls as an island, but includes the total in Hoy.</ref>
| 481
|-
| [[Hunda]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|100}}
| 0
| 41
|-
| [[Inchcailloch]] ({{lang|gd|Innis nan Cailleach}}) (F)
| [[Loch Lomond]]
| {{nts|50}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
| 85
|-
| [[Inchcolm]] ({{lang|gd|Innis Choluim}})
| [[Islands of the Forth|Firth of Forth]]
| {{nts|9}} *
| 0 °
| 34
|-
| [[Inchfad]] ({{lang|gd|Innis Fhada}}) (F)
| [[Loch Lomond]]
| <span style="display:none">{{nts|40}}</span> c.40 *
| 1
| 24
|-
| [[Inch Kenneth]] ({{lang|gd|Innis Choinnich}})
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|55}}
| 0
| 49
|-
| [[Inchlonaig]] (F)
| [[Loch Lomond]]
| {{nts|80}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 0
| 62
|-
| [[Inchmarnock]] ({{lang|gd|Innis Mheàrnaig}})
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|266}}
| 0
| 60
|-
| [[Inchmurrin]] ({{lang|gd|Innis Mheadhrain}}) (F)
| [[Loch Lomond]]
| {{nts|120}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 10
| 89
|-
| [[Inchtavannach]] ({{lang|gd|Innis Taigh a' Mhanaich}}) (F)
| [[Loch Lomond]]
| {{nts|70}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 3
| 84
|-
| [[Inner Holm]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|2}} *
| 1
| 7
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Innis Chonain]]}} (F)
| [[Loch Awe]]
| {{nts|8}} *
| 2
| 62
|-
| [[Iona]] ({{lang|gd|Ì Chaluim Chille}})
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|877}}
| 178
| 100
|-
| [[Isay]] ({{lang|gd|Ìosaigh}})
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|60}}
| 0
| 28
|-
| [[Islay]] (''Ìle'')
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|61956}}
| 3,180
| 491
|-
| [[Isle Martin]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Mhàrtainn}})
| [[Summer Isles]]
| {{nts|157}}
| 0
| 120
|-
| [[Isle of Ewe]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Iùbh}})
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|309}}
| 7
| 72
|-
| [[Isle of May]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Mhàigh}})
| [[Islands of the Forth|Firth of Forth]]
| {{nts|45}}
| 0
| 50
|-
| [[Isle Ristol]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Ruisteil}})
| [[Summer Isles]]
| {{nts|225}} *
| 0
| 71
|-
| [[Jura, Scotland|Jura]] ({{lang|gd|Diùra}})
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|36692}}
| 258
| 785
|-
| [[Kerrera]] ({{lang|gd|Cearrara}})
| [[Firth of Lorne]]
| {{nts|1214}}
| 61
| 189
|-
| [[Killegray]] ({{lang|gd|Ceileagraigh}})
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|176}}
| 1
| 45
|-
| [[Kirkibost]] ({{lang|gd|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]] ({{lang|gd|Leòdhas agus na Hearadh}})
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|217898}}
| 19,680
| 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]] ({{lang|gd|Lios Mòr}})
| [[Loch Linnhe]]
| {{nts|2351}}
| 190
| 127
|-
| [[Little Bernera]] ({{lang|gd|Beàrnaraigh Beag}})
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|138}}
| 0
| 41
|-
| [[Little Colonsay]] ({{lang|gd|Colbhasa Beag}})
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|88}}
| 0
| 61
|-
| [[Little Cumbrae]] ({{lang|gd|Cumaradh Beag}})
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|313}}
| 0
| 123
|-
| [[Longa Island]] ({{lang|gd|Longa}})
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|126}}
| 0
| 70
|-
| [[Longay]] ({{lang|gd|Longaigh}})
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|50}}
| 0
| 67
|-
| [[Luing]] ({{lang|gd|Luinn}})
| [[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]]
| {{nts|1430}}
| 178
| 94
|-
| [[Lunga, Firth of Lorn|Lunga]]
| [[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]]
| {{nts|254}}
| 2
| 98
|-
| [[Lunga (Treshnish Isles)|Lunga]]
| [[Treshnish Isles]]
| {{nts|81}}
| 0
| 103
|-
| [[Mainland, Orkney]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|52325}}
| 17,779
| 271
|-
| [[Mainland, Shetland]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|96879}}
| 18,763
| 450
|-
| [[Mingulay]] ({{lang|gd|Miughalaigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|640}}
| 0
| 273
|-
| [[Moncreiffe Island]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Mhon Craoibhe}}) (F)
| [[River Tay]]
| {{nts|46}} *
| 1
| 5
|-
| [[Mousa]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|180}}
| 0
| 55
|-
| [[Muck, Scotland|Muck]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean nam Muc}})
| [[Small Isles]]
| {{nts|559}}
| 28
| 137
|-
| [[Muckle Roe]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|1773}}
| 130
| 267
|-
| [[Muldoanich]] ({{lang|gd|Maol Dòmhnaich}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|78}}
| 0
| 153
|-
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]] ({{lang|gd|Muile}})
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|87535}}
| 3,063
| 966
|-
| [[North Rona]] ({{lang|gd|Rònaigh}})
| [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic Outlier]]
| {{nts|109}}
| 0
| 108
|-
| [[North Ronaldsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|690}}
| 59
| 20
|-
| [[North Uist]] ({{lang|gd|Uibhist a Tuath}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|30305}}
| 1,254
| 347
|-
| [[Isle of Noss]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|343}}
| 0
| 181
|-
| [[Oldany Island]]
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|200}} *
| 0
| 104
|-
| [[Oronsay, Colonsay|Oronsay]] ({{lang|gd|Orasa}})
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|543}}
| 7
| 93
|-
| [[Oronsay, Outer Hebrides|Oronsay]] ({{lang|gd|Orasaigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|85}}
| 0
| 25
|-
| [[Oronsay, Loch Sunart|Oronsay]] ({{lang|gd|Orasaigh}})
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|230}} *
| 0
| 58
|-
| [[Oxna]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|68}}
| 0
| 38
|-
| [[Pabay]] ({{lang|gd|Pabaigh}})
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|122}}
| 0
| 28
|-
| [[Pabay Mòr]] ({{lang|gd|Pabaigh Mòr}})
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|101}}
| 0
| 68
|-
| [[Pabbay, Barra, Scotland|Pabbay]] ({{lang|gd|Pabaigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|250}}
| 0
| 171
|-
| [[Pabbay, Harris|Pabbay]] ({{lang|gd|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}}
| 7
| 87
|-
| [[Papa Stronsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|74}}
| 9
| 13
|-
| [[Papa Westray]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|918}}
| 95
| 48
|-
| [[Priest Island]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean a' Chlèirich}})
| [[Summer Isles]]
| {{nts|122}}
| 0
| 78
|-
| [[Raasay]] ({{lang|gd|Ratharsair}})
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|6405}}
| 187
| 443
|-
| [[Ronay]] ({{lang|gd|Rònaigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|563}}
| 0
| 115
|-
| [[Rousay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|4860}}
| 236
| 250
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Rùm]]}}
| [[Small Isles]]
| {{nts|10463}}
| 31
| 812
|-
| [[Samphrey]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|66}}
| 0
| 29
|-
| [[Sanda Island]] ({{lang|gd|Àbhainn}})
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
| {{nts|151}}
| 0 °
| 123
|-
| [[Sanday, Orkney|Sanday]] ({{lang|gd|Sanndaigh}})
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|5043}}
| 491
| 65
|-
| [[Sanday, Inner Hebrides|Sanday]] ({{lang|gd|Sanndaigh}})
| [[Small Isles]]
| {{nts|184}}
| 4
| 59
|-
| [[Sandray]] ({{lang|gd|Sanndraigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|385}}
| 0
| 207
|-
| [[Scalpay, Inner Hebrides|Scalpay]] ({{lang|gd|Sgalpaigh}})
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|2483}}
| 0 °
| 392
|-
| [[Scalpay, Outer Hebrides|Scalpay]] ({{lang|gd|Sgalpaigh}})
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|653}}
| 282
| 104
|-
| [[Scarba]] ({{lang|gd|Sgarba}})
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|1474}}
| 0
| 449
|-
| [[Scarp, Outer Hebrides|Scarp]] ({{lang|gd|An Sgarp}})
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|1045}}
| 0
| 308
|-
| [[Seaforth Island]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Shìphoirt}})
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|273}}
| 0
| 217
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Seana Bhaile]]}}
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|55}}<ref name=Rick/>
| 15
| 11
|-
| [[Seil]] ({{lang|gd|Saoil}})
| [[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]]
| {{nts|1329}}
| 580
| 146
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Sgeotasaigh]]}}
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|49}}
| 0
| 57
|-
| [[Shapinsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|2948}}
| 299
| 64
|-
| [[Shillay]] ({{lang|gd|Siolaigh}})
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|47}}
| 0
| 79
|-
| [[Shuna, Slate Islands|Shuna]] ({{lang|gd|Siuna}})
| [[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]]
| {{nts|451}}
| 2
| 90
|-
| [[Shuna, Loch Linnhe|Shuna]] ({{lang|gd|Siuna}})
| [[Loch Linnhe]]
| {{nts|155}}
| 0
| 71
|-
| [[Isle of Skye|Skye]] ({{lang|gd|An t-Eilean Sgitheanach}})
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|165625}}
| 10,496
| 993
|-
| [[Soay, Skye|Soay]] ({{lang|gd|Sòdhaigh}})
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|1036}}
| 3
| 141
|-
| [[Soay, St Kilda|Soay]] ({{lang|gd|Soaigh}})
| [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]
| {{nts|99}}
| 0
| 378
|-
| [[Soay Mòr]] ({{lang|gd|Sòdhaigh Mòr}})
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|45}}
| 0
| 37
|-
| [[South Havra]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|59}}
| 0
| 42
|-
| [[South Rona]] ({{lang|gd|Rònaigh}})
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|930}}
| 2
| 125
|-
| [[South Ronaldsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|4980}}
| 984
| 118
|-
| [[South Uist]] ({{lang|gd|Uibhist a Deas}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|32026}}
| 1,650
| 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]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Stocainis}})
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|49}}
| 0
| 44
|-
| [[Stroma, Scotland|Stroma]] ({{lang|gd|Sròmaigh}})
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| {{nts|375}}
| 0
| 53
|-
| [[Stromay]] ({{lang|gd|Sròmaigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|66}}
| 0
| 16
|-
| [[Stronsay]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|3275}}
| 321
| 44
|-
| [[Stuley]] ({{lang|gd|Stadhlaigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|45}}
| 0
| 40
|-
| [[Switha]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|41}}
| 0
| 29
|-
| [[Swona]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|92}}
| 0
| 41
|-
| [[Tahay]] ({{lang|gd|Tathaigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|53}}
| 0
| 65
|-
| [[Tanera Beag]] ({{lang|gd|Tannara Beag}})
| [[Summer Isles]]
| {{nts|66}}
| 0
| 83
|-
| [[Tanera Mòr]] ({{lang|gd|Tannara Mòr}})
| [[Summer Isles]]
| {{nts|310}}
| 0 °
| 124
|-
| [[Taransay]] ({{lang|gd|Tarasaigh}})
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|1475}}
| 0
| 267
|-
| [[Texa]]
| [[Islay]]
| {{nts|48}}
| 0
| 48
|-
| [[Tiree]] ({{lang|gd|Tiriodh}})
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|7834}}
| 700
| 141
|-
| [[Torsa]]
| [[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]]
| {{nts|113}}
| 0
| 62
|-
| [[Trondra]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|275}}
| 152
| 60
|-
| [[Ulva]] ({{lang|gd|Ulbha}})
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| {{nts|1990}}
| 6
| 313
|-
| [[Unst]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|12068}}
| 644
| 284
|-
| [[Uyea, Unst]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|205}}
| 0
| 50
|-
| [[Vaila]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|327}}
| 3
| 95
|-
| [[Vacsay]] ({{lang|gd|Bhacasaigh}})
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
| {{nts|41}}
| 0
| 34
|-
| [[Vallay]] ({{lang|gd|Bhàlaigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|260}}
| 0
| 38
|-
| [[Vatersay]] ({{lang|gd|Bhatarsaigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|960}}
| 83
| 185
|-
| [[Vementry]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|370}}
| 0
| 90
|-
| [[West Burra]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|743}}
| 772
| 217
|-
| [[West Linga]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|125}}
| 0
| 52
|-
| [[Westray]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|4713}}
| 566
| 169
|-
| [[Whalsay]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|1970}}
| 1,005
| 119
|-
| [[Wiay, Skye|Wiay]] ({{lang|gd|Fùidheigh}})
| [[Skye]]
| {{nts|148}}
| 0
| 60
|-
| [[Wiay, Uist|Wiay]] ({{lang|gd|Fùidheigh}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
| {{nts|375}}
| 0
| 102
|-
| [[Wyre, Orkney|Wyre]]
| [[Orkney]]
| {{nts|311}}
| 8
| 32
|-
| [[Yell (island)|Yell]]
| [[Shetland]]
| {{nts|21211}}
| 904
| 205
|}
Four islands were recorded as inhabited in 2011 that were not mentioned in the 2001 census: {{lang|gd|Eilean dà Mhèinn}}, {{lang|gd|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]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean an Stalcaire}})
| [[
|-
| [[Eilean Horrisdale]] ({{lang|gd|Eilean Thòrathasdail}})
| [[
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[
| [[
|-
| {{lang|gd|[[Eilean na Cille]]}}
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
|-
| [[Ensay, Outer Hebrides|Ensay]]
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
|-
| [[Inch Kenneth]] ({{lang|gd|Innis Choinnich}})
| [[
|-
| [[Inchlonaig]] ({{lang|gd|Innis Lònaig}}) (F)
| [[
|-
| [[Inchcruin]] ({{lang|gd|Innis Cruinn}}) (F){{refn|Referred to by the National Records of Scotland (2013) as "Inchruin", which is presumably a typographical error.|group=Note}}
| [[
|-
| [[Kisimul Castle]] ({{lang|gd|Caisteal Chiosmuil}})
| [[Uist]]s and [[Barra]]
|-
| [[Lamb Holm]]
| [[Orkney]]
|}
==Freshwater islands==
[[Image:LochLomond(wfmillar)Jan2000.jpg|right|thumb|[[Loch Lomond]] from Beinn Dubh and Creag an t-Seilich]]
{{Main|List of freshwater islands in Scotland}}
There are numerous other freshwater islands, of which the more notable include [[Lochindorb|Lochindorb Castle Island]], [[Loch Leven Castle|Loch Leven Castle Island]], [[St Serf's Inch]], and [[Inchmahome]], each of which have played an important part in Scottish history.
[[Inchmurrin]] is the largest freshwater island in the [[British Isles]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.loch-lomond.net/theloch/inchmurrin.aspx| title=Loch Lomond Islands - Inchmurrin| publisher=Loch Lomond.net| access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=Dow>Dow, Jim (2005) ''Islands Galore. A Scottish Islands Handbook''. Edinburgh. Black & White Publishing.</ref> It is in [[Loch Lomond]], which contains over sixty other islands.<ref name=Dow/> [[Loch Maree]] also contains several islands, the largest of which are [[Eilean Sùbhainn]], [[Garbh Eilean, Loch Maree|Garbh Eilean]] and [[Eilean Ruairidh Mòr]] but aren't as big as others.
==Smaller offshore islands==
[[File:Scotland, Pladda Island and Ailsa Craig, seen from Isle of Arran.JPG|thumb|right|Pladda]]
[[File:Rockall - geograph.org.uk - 1048791.jpg|thumb|right|Rockall]]
This is a continuing list of uninhabited Scottish islands smaller than 40 hectares in size.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! align=left | Name
! align=left | Island group / ___location
|-
| [[Bac Mòr]]
| Inner Hebrides: [[Treshnish Isles]]
|-
| [[Bass Rock]]
| [[Islands of the Forth|Firth of Forth]]
|-
| [[Bayble Island]]
| Outer Hebrides: [[Lewis and Harris]]
|-
| [[Bearasaigh]]
| Outer Hebrides: Lewis: [[Loch Ròg]]
|-
| [[Belnahua]]
| Inner Hebrides: [[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]]
|-
| [[Bottle Island]]
| [[Summer Isles]]
|-
| [[Brough of Birsay]]
| Orkney
|-
| [[Bound Skerry]]
| Shetland
|-
| [[Cairn na Burgh Beag]]
| Inner Hebrides: Treshnish Isles
|-
| [[Cairn na Burgh Mòr]]
| Inner Hebrides: Treshnish Isles
|-
|[[Calbha Beag]]
|Sutherland: [[Edrachillis Bay]]
|-
| [[Calf of Flotta]]
| [[Orkney]]
|-
| [[Calvay]]
| [[Outer Hebrides]]: South Uist
|-
| [[Campaigh]]
| Outer Hebrides: Lewis: Loch Ròg
|-
| [[Castle Island, Scotland|Castle Island]]
| [[Islands of the Clyde|Firth of Clyde]]
|-
| [[Clett]]
| Highland
|-
| [[Corn Holm]]
|
|-
| [[Craigleith]]
| [[Islands of the Forth|Firth of Forth]]
|-
| [[Craiglethy]]
| Kincardineshire: [[Fowlsheugh]]
|-
| [[Cramond Island]]
|
|-
| [[Damsay]]
|
|-
| [[
| [[
|-
| [[Dubh Artach]]
|
|-
| [[Dùn, St Kilda|Dùn]]
| [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]
|-
| [[Dùn
| Inner Hebrides: [[Garvellachs]]
|-
| [[East Linga]]
|
|-
| [[Eilean Chathastail]]
|
|-
| [[Eilean Dubh, Kyles of Bute|Eilean Dubh]]
|
|-
| [[Eilean
| Inner Hebrides: [[Arisaig]]
|-
| [[Eilean
| Outer Hebrides: [[Shiant Islands]]
|-
|[[Eilean Mòr, Loch Dunvegan]]
|Skye
|-
| [[Eyebroughy]]
|
|-
| [[Fidra]]
|
|-
| [[Fish Holm]]
|
|-
| [[Fladda, Slate Islands|Fladda]]
|
|-
| [[Fladda, Treshnish Isles|Fladda]]
|
|-
| [[
|
|-
| [[Fuaigh Beag|Fuaigh Beag (Vuia Beg)]]
|
|-
| [[Gasker]]
|
|-
| [[Garbh Sgeir]]
|
|-
| [[Gigalum Island]]
|
|-
| [[Gloup Holm]]
|
|-
| [[Glunimore Island]]
|
|-
| [[Grunay]]
| Shetland: [[Out Skerries]]
|-
| [[Gruney]]
|
|-
| Gualan
|
|-
| [[Haaf Gruney]]
|
|-
| [[Harlosh Island]]
|
|-
| [[
| Outer Hebrides
|-
| [[Haskeir Eagach]]
| Outer Hebrides
|-
| [[Hearnish]]
| Outer Hebrides: [[Monach Islands]]
|-
| [[Helliar Holm]]
|
|-
| [[Hestan Island]]
| [[Solway Firth]]
|-
| [[Holm of Faray]]
|
|-
| [[Holm of Huip]]
|
|-
| [[Holm of
|
|-
| [[Holm of Scockness]]
|
|-
| [[Horse Isle]]
|
|-
| [[Huney]]
|
|-
| [[Inchgarvie]]
|
|-
| [[Inchkeith]]
|
|-
| [[Inchmickery]]
|
|-
| [[
| Easter Ross
|-
| [[Kili Holm]]
|
|-
| [[Lady's Holm]]
|
|-
| [[Lady Isle]]
|
|-
| [[
| Firth of Forth
|-
| [[
| Shetland
|-
| [[Little Roe]]
|
|-
| [[
| Shetland
|-
| [[
| Outer Hebrides: Barra Islands
|-
| [[Lunna Holm]]
|
|-
| [[
|
|-
| [[Mingay]]
|
|-
| [[Muckle Flugga]]
|
|-
| [[Muckle Green Holm]]
|
|-
| [[Muckle Skerry]]
| [[Pentland Skerries]]
|-
| [[Mugdrum Island]]
| [[Firth of Tay]]
|-
| [[
|
|-
| [[North Havra]]
|
|-
| [[Oigh-Sgeir]]
|
|-
| [[Orfasay]]
|
|-
| [[Ornsay]]
|
|-
| [[Orsay, Inner Hebrides|Orsay]]
|
|-
| [[Out Stack]]
|
|-
| [[Pladda]]
|
|-
| [[
| North Atlantic
|-
| [[Rough Island, Scotland|Rough Island]]
| Solway Firth
|-
| [[Rusk Holm]]
|
|-
| [[Rysa Little]]
|
|-
| [[Scaravay]]
|
|-
| [[
| Firth of Clyde
|-
| [[Sheep Island, Argyll and Bute|Sheep Island]]
|
|-
| [[
| | Outer Hebrides: [[
|-
| [[Shillay, Monach Islands|Shillay]]
| | Outer Hebrides: [[Monach Islands]]
|-
| [[Soay Beag]]
|
|-
| [[South Isle of Gletness]]
|
|-
| [[St Ninian's Isle]]
|
|-
| [[Stac an Armin]]
| [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]
|-
| [[Stac Biorach]]
| St Kilda
|-
| [[Stac Lee]]
|
|-
| [[Stac Levenish]]
| St Kilda
|-
| [[Staffa]]
|
|-
| [[Stockay]]
| | Outer Hebrides: [[Monach Islands]]
|-
| [[Stuley]]
|
|-
| [[Sula Sgeir]]
|
|-
| [[Sule Skerry]]
|
|-
| [[Sule Stack]]
|
|-
| [[Sweyn Holm]]
|
|-
| [[Tarner Island]]
|
|-
| [[Texa]]
|
|-
| [[
|
|-
| [[Urie Lingey]]
|
|-
|
|
|-
| [[Uynarey]]
|
|-
| [[Vacsay]]
|
|}{{Clear}}
==Small archipelagos==
[[Image:Boreray and the Stacs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[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:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! align=left | Name
! align=left | Island
|-
| [[Ascrib Islands]]
| [[Skye]]
|-
| [[Burnt Islands]]
| [[Islands of the
|-
| [[Crowlin Islands]]
| [[Skye]]
|-
| [[Flannan Isles]]
| [[Lewis and Harris]]
|-
| [[Islands of Fleet]]
| [[Solway Firth]] ([[Wigtown Bay]])
|-
| [[Garvellachs]]
| [[
|-
| [[MacCormaig Islands]]
| [[Islay]]
|-
| [[Monach Islands]]
| [[
|-
| [[Out Skerries]]
| [[Shetland
|-
| [[Pentland Skerries]]
| [[
|-
| [[Rabbit Islands, Scotland|Rabbit Islands]] (Eileanan nan Gall)
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]] (N Sutherland)
|-
| [[Ramna Stacks]]
| [[
|-
| [[Scalloway Isles]]
| [[
|-
| [[Shiant Islands]]
| [[
|-
| [[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]]
| [[
|-
| [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]
| [[
|-
| [[Summer Isles]]
| [[
|-
| [[Treshnish Isles]]
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
|}
==Former islands==
[[File:Eilean Chaluim Chille (photo, 2008).jpeg|thumb|Ruined ecclesiastical buildings remain visible on Eilean Chaluim Chille, near [[Kilmuir, Skye|Kilmuir]], Skye]]
The following is a list of places which were formerly islands, but which are no longer so due to silting up, harbour building etc.
*[[Ardeer, North Ayrshire|Ardeer Peninsula]], North Ayrshire
*[[Bodinbo Island]] near to Erskine on the River Clyde is now partly joined to the river bank.
*[[Broch of Clickimin]] is a former island in Loch of Clickimin, [[Lerwick]], in Shetland. Originally an offshore island, the loch became cut off from the sea around 200 BC and the island is now connected to dry land by a permanent causeway.<ref>[http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/clickimin/index.html "Broch of Clickimin"] Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2009.</ref>
* Bunglan was once a separate island, but is now connected to [[Samphrey]] by two [[tombolo]]s.
* [[Eilean-a-beithich]] was once one of the [[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]] and located in Easdale Sound. However, it was quarried to a depth of {{convert|76|m|ft}} below sea level leaving only the outer rim of the island. This was eventually breached by the sea and little visible sign of the island now remains.<ref>[http://www.southernhebrides.com/slate-islands.html "Slate Islands - The Islands that Roofed the World"] southernhebrides.com. Retrieved 14 November 2009.</ref>
* Eilean Chaluim Chille is a former island near [[Kilmuir, Skye|Kilmuir]] on Skye in a now drained loch that was associated with the 13th century Hebridean lord [[Páll, son of Bálki]].
* Inchbroach, also known as Rossie Island, is now part of [[Montrose, Angus|Montrose]] harbour.
* Inch of Culter is a former island in the [[River Dee, Aberdeenshire|River Dee]] near [[Maryculter]].<ref>[http://www.culter.net/history/local_names.htm "Local Names"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719022926/http://www.culter.net/history/local_names.htm |date=2011-07-19 }} Culter.net. Retrieved 3 January 2009.</ref>
* Innis Bheag or [[Paterson Island]] near [[Portmahomack]] in Easter Ross is now permanently attached to the [[Morrich More]] due to shifting sands.<ref>Hansom, JD and Black, SDL (1996) [http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/research/50.pdf "The Geomorphology of Morrich More: Management Prescription Review"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183112/http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/research/50.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }} (pdf) SNH. Retrieved 29 November 2009.</ref>
* [[Keith Inch]] (not to be confused with [[Inchkeith]]), is now part of [[Peterhead Bay#Marina and harbour|Peterhead Harbour]], and is the [[Extreme points of the United Kingdom|easternmost point]] of mainland [[Scotland]].
* [[King's Inch]] on which stood Inch Castle.
* [[Milton Island]] or Green Inch was an island in the Clyde's estuarine waters close to the old ford across the river at Dumbuck near Dumbarton.
* [[Newshot Island]] or Newshot Isle was an island of circa 50 acres or 20 hectares lying in the River Clyde close to Park Quay, Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is now partly joined to the river bank.
* [[Battle of the North Inch|North Inch]], one of the "Inches" in [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], formerly an island in the [[River Tay]].
* [[Preston Island]], an artificial construction south of Low Valleyfield, has now been fully reclaimed, using ash slurry from [[Longannet power station]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst22.html | title=Preston Island| publisher=[[Gazetteer for Scotland]]| access-date=26 December 2009}}</ref>
* [[Rosyth Castle]] also stands on what was once a tidal island in the [[Firth of Forth]], now surrounded by reclaimed land.
* [[King's Inch|Sand Inch]] was a small island in the River Clyde next to [[King's Inch]]
* [[Scalp na Caoraich]], [[Cridhe An Uisge]], [[Rònach]] and [[Scalp Phàdraig Mhòir]] - four small islands at the delta of the [[River Ness]] in [[Inverness]] which were removed in the 19th century.
* Scottle Holm was an islet north of Lerwick, Shetland. It has since become part of an industrial estate.<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/os-1-to-10560/shetland/053 “Map of Shetland Sheet 053”]. British History Online. Retrieved 12 September 2021.</ref><ref>[https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/scottle-holm-shetland-islands “Scottle Holm, Shetland Islands”]. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 September 2021.</ref><ref name=OS/>
* [[White Inch]], now an area of [[Glasgow]].
==Bridged islands==
[[Image:Skye Road Bridge.JPG|thumb
[[Image:Inchgarvie.JPG|right|thumb|[[Inchgarvie]] can be seen just below the [[Forth Bridge]].]]
[[File:Causeway, Island of Danna - geograph.org.uk - 469472.jpg|thumb|The stone causeway to [[Danna, Scotland|Danna]]]]
Many of Scotland's islands are connected to the mainland and/or other islands by bridge or causeway. Although some people consider them no longer to be islands, they are generally treated as such.
Many of the islands of the southern Outer Hebrides have been joined to other islands by causeways and bridges. These include:
Line 1,947 ⟶ 2,268:
* [[North Uist]]
* [[South Uist]]
* [[Vatersay]], which is connected to [[Barra]] (but not to the above islands), by the [[Vatersay Causeway]].
To the north, [[Scalpay, Outer Hebrides|Scalpay]] and [[Great Bernera]] are connected to [[Lewis and Harris]].
* [[
* [[Eilean Donan]] by causeway to the mainland
* [[Eriska]] by causeway to the mainland
* [[Seil]] (to mainland) via John Stevenson's<ref>{{cite book|first1=R.|last1=Paxton|first2=J.|last2=Shipway|year=2007|series=Civil Engineering Heritage|title=Scotland - Highlands and Islands|___location=London|publisher=Thomas Telford Publishing|isbn=9780727734884}}</ref> 1792 "[[Clachan Bridge|Bridge over The Atlantic]]".
* [[Danna, Scotland|Danna]] by causeway to the mainland
[[Image:Churchill Barrier 1.jpg|thumb|[[Churchill Barrier]] 1, blocking Kirk Sound]]
Similarly, four Orkney islands are joined to the [[Mainland, Orkney|Orkney Mainland]] by a series of [[causeway]]s known as the [[Churchill Barriers]]. They are:
* [[South Ronaldsay]]
* [[Burray]]
* [[Lamb Holm]]
* [[
[[Hunda]] is in turn connected to Burray via a causeway.
[[South Walls]] and [[Hoy, Orkney|Hoy]] are connected by a causeway called the Ayre. The islands are treated as one entity (Hoy) by the UK census.
An undersea tunnel between the archipelago and [[Caithness]], at a length of about {{convert|9|-|10|mi|km}} and a tunnel connecting Orkney Mainland to Shapinsay have been discussed,<ref>{{Cite news| work=The Times| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1765366,00.html| archive-url=https://archive.today/20110513235817/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1765366,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=13 May 2011| date=September 5, 2005| title=Islanders see a brighter future with tunnel vision| author=David Lister| access-date=2007-04-28 | ___location=London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| date=10 March 2005| url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/163-100m-tunnel-to-orkney-feasible-1-739095| work=The Scotsman | title=£100m tunnel to Orkney 'feasible'| author=John Ross| access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref> although little has come of it.
'''Shetland Islands'''
Several Shetland islands are joined to the [[Mainland, Shetland|Shetland Mainland]]:
* [[West Burra]] and [[East Burra]] (via Trondra)
* [[Muckle Roe]]
* [[Trondra]]
* [[Broch of Clickimin]] is a freshwater islet joined to the mainland by a stone causeway.<ref>[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst11133.html Clickimin Broch] Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 25 April 2010.</ref>
* Holm of Mel was a tidal island linked to the west coast of Bressay at low tide but it is now linked permanently to its larger neighbour by a 75m stone causeway.<ref name =OS>{{Ordnance Survey}}</ref><ref>For images see [https://alifetimeofislands.blogspot.com/2019/10/island-478-holm-of-mel-bressay-shetland.html "Island 478 - Holm of Mel, Bressay, Shetland"]. alifetimeofislands.com. Retrieved 9 September 2021.</ref>
There is also a bridge
'''Others'''
Various other islands are also connected by bridges or causeways, to the mainland or other islands, including:
* [[Inchgarvie]] (part of [[Forth Bridge]]), thus joined to both [[Fife]] and [[Lothian]] on the Mainland.
* [[
* [[Innis Chonan]], an inhabited island in [[Loch Awe]] is connected to the mainland by a small road bridge.
* [[Moncreiffe Island]] connected to the mainland by the [[Tay Viaduct]]
* [[Buchan Ness]] is a tidal island joined to mainland [[Buchan]] by road.
==Tidal islands and tombolos==
[[Image:Oronsay - Hebrides.jpg|thumb|A beach on [[Oronsay, Inner Hebrides|Oronsay]] by [[Colonsay]], looking towards the Paps of [[Jura, Scotland|Jura]] in the distance]]
[[Image:St Ninian's Isle and tombolo.jpg|thumb|[[St Ninian's Isle]] and tombolo]]
There are a large number of small [[tidal islands]] in Scotland. The more notable ones include:
* [[Baleshare]]
* [[Bernera, Lismore|Bernera]]
* [[Calve Island]]
* [[Castle Island, Scotland|Castle Island]]
* [[Corn Holm]]
* [[Cramond Island]]
* [[
* [[
* [[Eilean Mhic Chrion]]
* [[Eilean Shona]]
* [[Eriska]]
* [[Erraid]]
* [[
* [[Kili Holm]]
* [[Isle Ristol]]
* [[Sanday, Inner Hebrides|Sanday]]
* [[Torsa]]
''Oronsay'' means "ebb island" and there are several tidal islands of this name.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050123073422/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesK-O.pdf Pàrlamaid na h-Alba placenames] Retrieved 16 July 2007.</ref>
The three main islands of the [[Monach Islands]] (Heisgeir), [[Ceann Iar]], [[Ceann Ear]] and [[Shivinish]] are connected at low tides. It is said that at one time it was also possible to walk all the way to [[Baleshare]], and on to [[North Uist]], {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=on|abbr=off|0}} away at low tide. In the 16th century, a large tidal wave was said to have washed the route away.<ref name=Smith/>
[[St Ninian's Isle]] is connected to [[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland Shetland]] by a [[tombolo]]. Although greater than 40 hectares in size it fails to meet the definition of an island used in this list as it is only surrounded by water during occasional [[spring tide]]s and storms.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040830045641/http://www.fettes.com/shetland/tombolo.htm Fettes College Shetland Landscapes] Retrieved 3 August 2007.</ref>
[[Dùn, St Kilda|Dùn]] in [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]] is separated from [[Hirta]] by a shallow strait about {{convert|50|m|ft|sigfig=2|abbr=off}} wide. This is normally impassable but is reputed to dry out on rare occasions.<ref name=Smith/>
==Complex islands==
[[File:Eileanan Chearabhaigh.jpg|thumb|The islands of [[Eileanan Chearabhaigh]] at centre, with mainland [[Benbecula]] in the foreground and the northern tip of [[Wiay, Uist|Wiay]] beyond]]
There are a number of offshore islands that defy easy classification.
* [[Ceallasaigh Mòr]] and [[Ceallasaigh Beag]] are islands in [[Lochmaddy|Loch Maddy]], North Uist which are both c. {{convert|50|ha|acre}} in extent at high tide. At low tide they are connected to one another and several other small tidal islets in the shallow lagoon that surrounds them.
* [[Eileanan Iasgaich]] in [[Lochboisdale|Loch Boisdale]], South Uist comprises five small islands and several other islets at high tide but forms a single large one of {{convert|50|ha|acre}} at low tide.
* [[Eileanan Chearabhaigh]]. At low tide these islands form a peninsula with a total area of {{convert|49|ha|acre}}, which is connected to Benbecula by drying sands.<ref name=Rick/> At high tide the connection to Benbecula is lost and a number of small islets stretching for over {{convert|2|km|mi}} from east to west appear, the largest of which is about {{convert|30|ha|acre}} in extent.
* The Crowlin Islands, located in the [[Inner Sound, Scotland|Inner Sound]] off Raasay are three separate islands at high tide and a single one of {{convert|270|ha|acre}} at low tide.
* Similarly, [[Lunga, Firth of Lorn|Lunga]] in the [[Firth of Lorn]] is six or more separate islets at high tide but a single one of {{convert|254|ha|acre}} at low tide.
==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 are often tidal or bridged. Due to their picturesque nature some of them are well known from postcards and films. Examples are:
* [[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 Islands]] 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|The Tibetan Buddhist Centre for World Peace and Health on Holy Island]]
[[Image:Oransay Priory.JPG|right|thumb|Oronsay Priory]]
A large number of the islands of Scotland have some kind of [[culdee]]/church connection, and/or are dominated by a church. The more notable include:
* [[Island Davaar]]
* [[Egilsay]]
* [[Eynhallow]]
* [[Holy Island, Firth of Clyde|Holy Island]]
* [[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.
==Islands named after people==
This is a list of islands, which are known to be named after someone. In some cases such as [[North Ronaldsay]] this status may not be obvious (it isn't named after a "Ronald", unlike [[South Ronaldsay]]). This list omits names such as [[Hildasay]], where the person in question is mythological, or [[Ailsa Craig]], where the individual in question is not known, and also [[Colonsay]] & [[Egilsay]] where the derivation is disputed.
* [[Eilean Chaluim Chille]] - [[Saint Columba]]
* [[Island Davaar]] - Saint Barr
* [[Eilean Donan]] - [[Saint Donan]]
* [[Flannan Isles]] - [[Saint Flannan]]
* Frank Lockwood's Island (south of [[Lochbuie, Mull]])
* [[Inchcolm]] - [[Saint Columba]]
* [[Inch Kenneth]] - [[Saint Kenneth]]
* [[Inchmarnock]] - Saint Mearnag
* [[Inchmahome]] (F) - Saint Colmag
* [[Inchmurrin]] (F) - Saint Meadhran/Mirin
* [[Innis Chonan]] (F) - [[Saint Conan]]
* [[Isle Maree]] (F) - Maelrubha
* [[Isle Martin]] - [[Martin of Tours|Saint Martin]]
* [[North Rona]] - [[Saint Ronan]]
* [[St Serf's Inch]] (F) - [[Saint Serf]]
* [[Sweyn Holm]] – [[Sweyn Asleifsson]]
* [[Taransay]] - [[Saint Taran]]
Iqbal Singh, the owner of [[Vacsay]], has also expressed wishes to rename it after [[Robert Burns]].
==Places called "island" etc. that are not islands==
[[Image:Burntisland 1.jpg|thumb|Burntisland - not actually an island]]
Some places in Scotland with names including "isle" or "island" are not islands. They include:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Name
! Island group / ___location
! It actually is
|-
| [[Barmore Island]]
| [[Knapdale]]
| part of mainland
|-
| [[Black Isle]] (''An t-Eilean Dubh'')
| [[Ross and Cromarty]]
| peninsula
|-
| [[Burntisland]]
| [[Fife]]
| part of mainland
|-
| ''Eilean na h-Eaglaise''
|[[Torsa]]
|peninsula
|-
| [[Eilean Garbh, Gigha|Eilean Garbh]]
| [[Gigha]]
| a peninsula of Gigha
|-
| [[Isle of Fethaland]]
| [[Shetland]]
| place on mainland of Shetland
|-
| [[Gluss Isle]]
| [[Shetland]]
| joined to mainland of Shetland
|-
| [[Isle of Harris]] (''Na Hearadh'')
| [[Outer Hebrides]]
| part of an island
|-
| [[Isle of Lewis]] (''Eilean Leòdhais'')
| [[Outer Hebrides]]
| part of an island
|-
| [[Isleornsay]] (''Eilean Iarmain'')
| [[Skye]]
| place on Skye
|-
| Islesteps (south of [[Dumfries]])
| [[Dumfries and Galloway]]
| inland place in Scotland
|-
| [[Isle of Whithorn]]
| [[Dumfries and Galloway]]
| place on coast of Scotland
|}
Lewis and Harris are separated by a range of hills but form one island, and are sometimes referred to as "[[Lewis and Harris]]". Isle of Whithorn and the Black Isle are peninsulas, and Isleornsay is a village which looks out onto the island of [[Ornsay]]. There is no commonly accepted derivation for "Burntisland" which had numerous other forms in the past, such as "Brintilun" and "Ye Brint Eland".<ref>[http://www.burntisland.net/ Burntisland Online] Retrieved 22 June 2007.</ref>
Gluss Isle at the western entrance to [[Sullom Voe]] is one of the many promontories in Orkney and Shetland connected to a larger body of land by an [[Ayre (landform)|ayre]].
===Other elements===
[[Image:Vementry.jpg|thumb|[[Vementry]] Farm, on Mainland Shetland, with Isle of Vementry in hinterground]]
The name "Inch" (''Innis'') can mean island (e.g. [[Inchkenneth]], [[Inchcolm]]), but is also used for
''Eilean'' is [[Scottish Gaelic language|Gaelic]] for
"-holm" is also common as a suffix in various landlocked placenames, especially in the far south of mainland Scotland e.g. [[Langholm]], [[Kirk Yetholm]], Holmhead (by [[Cumnock]]), Holmhill (next to [[Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway|Thornhill]], [[Nithsdale]]). Some of these were river islands in their time, or dry land surrounded by marsh. "Holm" can be found in an element in Holmsgarth, now a suburb of [[Lerwick]] and the [[Holm, Mainland Orkney|Parish of Holm]] on [[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland Shetland]] and [[Mainland, Orkney|Mainland Orkney]] respectively. Neither of these is an island in its own right.
===Islands named after mainland areas===
Likewise, occasionally an island may be named after a ___location on the nearby mainland, or a major neighbouring island – or vice versa. Examples of this include: [[Vementry]], which was originally the name of an island, but whose name has been transferred to a nearby farm on Mainland Shetland; [[Oldany Island]], whose name has been transferred to [[Oldany]]; [[Cramond Island]] which is named after neighbouring [[Cramond]] (a district of [[Edinburgh]]); and [[Eilean Mhealasta]] in the Outer Hebrides, which is named after [[Mealista]] on Lewis.
The name [[Easdale]] appears to be the combination of ''eas'', which is Gaelic for "waterfall" and ''dal'', the [[Old Norse|Norse]] for "valley".{{sfnp|Haswell-Smith|2004|p=78}} However, it is not clear why either description should apply to this tiny island which is low-lying and has no waterfalls and the name may have come from the nearby [[Ellenabeich|village of the same name]] on Seil.{{sfnp|Murton|2017|p=29}}
[[File:Stac Lì and Boreray - geograph.org.uk - 1441491.jpg|thumb|left|The 172m high [[Stac Lee]] off the coast of [[Boreray, St Kilda]]]]
==Stacks==
{{main|List of sea stacks in Scotland}}
It has been estimated that there are about 275 [[Stack (geology)|sea stacks]] in Scotland, of which around 110 are located around the coasts of Shetland.{{sfn|Mellor|2020|pp=5-6}} The highest are [[Stac an Armin]] and [[Stac Lee]],{{sfn|Mellor|2020|p=138}} St Kilda. In July 1967, 15 million people watched the climbing of the [[Old Man of Hoy]] live on [[BBC]] television.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Great Climb |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/greatclimb/sec3_pg3.shtml |publisher=BBC Scotland |access-date=10 December 2011}}</ref> However, for many of the remoter stacks, especially in Shetland, there is no record of there having been any attempt by [[rock climber]]s to ascend them.{{sfn|Mellor|2020|p=184}}
==Crannogs==
[[Image:Loch tay crannog 02.jpg|thumb|upright|Modern reconstruction of a crannog in [[Loch Tay]]]]
[[Crannog]]s are [[prehistory|prehistoric]] artificial islands created in lochs. There are several hundred sites in Scotland. Today, crannogs typically appear as small, circular islands, between 10 and 30 metres (30–100 feet) in diameter.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.crannog.co.uk/what-is-a-crannog| title=What is a crannog?| publisher=Scottish Crannog Centre| access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> Scottish crannogs include:
* [[Breachacha crannog|Breachacha]] on Coll
* [[Cherry Island (Loch Ness)|Cherry Island]] in Loch Ness
* [[Dùn Anlaimh]] on Coll
* [[Eilean Dòmhnuill]] on North Uist
* [[Keppinch]] (or The Kitchen) in Loch Lomond
==See also==
{{Portal|Scottish islands}}
[[Image:Inchcolm Abbey.jpg|thumb|[[Inchcolm]] Abbey, [[Firth of Forth]]]]
* [[British Isles]]
* [[Geography of Scotland]]
* [[List of the British Isles by area]]
* [[List of lochs in Scotland#Lochs on islands|List of lochs on Scottish islands]]
* [[List of Marilyns on Scottish islands]]
* [[List of Munros#Section seventeen: Skye and Mull|List of Munros on Skye and Mull]]
* [[
* [[List of Outer Hebrides]]
* [[List of Shetland islands]]
* [[Scottish island names]]
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==References and footnotes==
'''Notes'''
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'''Specific references'''
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'''General references'''
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Bailey | first1 = Patrick | year = 1998 | title = Faroe, Orkney, Gran Canaria: Case Studies in the Geography of Marginal Europe | journal = Geography | volume = 83 | issue = 4| pages = 309–21 | jstor=40573105}}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Coull | first1 = J. R. | year = 1967 | title = A Comparison of Demographic Trends in the Faroe and Shetland Islands | journal = Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | volume = 41 | issue = 41| pages = 159–66 | jstor=621333| doi = 10.2307/621333 }}
* {{GRO10}}
* {{Haswell-Smith}}
* {{cite journal | last1 = MacDonald | first1 = Fraser | year = 2006 | title = The last outpost of Empire: Rockall and the Cold War | journal = Journal of Historical Geography | volume = 32 | issue = 3| pages = 627–647| doi=10.1016/j.jhg.2005.10.009}}
* {{Cite web|last=Mellor|first=Chris|date=Jan 2020|title=An illustrated guide to sea stack climbing in the UK & Ireland|url=https://www.needlesports.com/files//75ea019d-25f6-41e2-b555-ab7d00fb6326/Stack%20Rock%2012%20Jan%202020.pdf|access-date=23 Jan 2021|website=needlesports}}
* [[W.H. Murray|Murray, W.H.]] (1973) ''The Islands of Western Scotland: the Inner and Outer Hebrides.'' London. Eyre Methuen. {{ISBN|0413303802}}
*{{Citation
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| first =Paul
| year =2017
| title =The Hebrides
| publisher =Birlinn
| ___location =Edinburgh
| author-link=Paul Murton
| isbn =978-1-78027-467-6
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* {{NRS1C}}
* Nicolson, James R. (1972) ''Shetland''. Newton Abbot. David & Charles.
* Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) ''The Orkney Book''. Edinburgh. Birlinn. {{ISBN|1-84158-254-9}}
*Symonds, James (June 1999) [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20852924 "Toiling in the Vale of Tears: Everyday Life and Resistance in South Uist, Outer Hebrides, 1760—1860"]. ''International Journal of Historical Archaeology''/JSTOR. '''3''' No. 2, Archaeologies of Resistance in Britain and Ireland, Part II, pp. 101–122. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
* {{cite journal | last1 = Turnock | first1 = David | year = 1969 | title = Regional Development in the Crofting Counties | journal = Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | volume = 48 | issue = 48| pages = 189–204 | jstor=621498| doi = 10.2307/621498 }}
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