Tanera Beag

Coordinates: 58°0′36″N 5°26′39″W / 58.01000°N 5.44417°W / 58.01000; -5.44417
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Tanera Beag
Scottish Gaelic nameTanara Beag
Old Norse namehawnar-øy
Meaning of name"Harbour island", from Norse
Location
OS grid referenceNB965074
Physical geography
Island groupSummer Isles
Area66 ha
Area rank174= [1]
Highest elevation83 m
Administration
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryScotland
Council areaHighland
Demographics
Population0
Lymphad
References[2][3][4][5]
Eastern anchorage, Tanara Beag; Suilven and Cul Mòr are in the background

Tanera Be(a)g or Tanara Beag is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles off north west Scotland.

It is called "Tanara Beag" ("little Tanara") to distinguish it from "Tanera Mòr", "big Tanara".


References

  1. ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  2. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  3. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543.
  4. ^ Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
  5. ^ Iain Mac an Tailleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 2007-07-23.

58°0′36″N 5°26′39″W / 58.01000°N 5.44417°W / 58.01000; -5.44417