Coll
| Coll (Cola) | |
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| Waters | Atlantic Ocean |
| Archipelago | Inner Hebrides |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 38 ′ N , 6 ° 33 ′ W |
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| length | 15 km |
| width | 5 km |
| surface | 76.85 km² |
| Highest elevation | Ben Hogh 106 m |
| Residents | 195 (2011) 2.5 inhabitants / km² |
| main place | Arinagour |
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Coll ( Scottish Gaelic : Cola also Eilean Cholla ) is an island in the Inner Hebrides in the Argyll and Bute Council Area in Scotland . It is located 9 km northwest of the Isle of Mull . Coll is about 19 kilometers long and almost 5 kilometers wide. The highest point is the Ben Hogh in the central west of the island, which reaches a height of 106 m. Like the neighboring island of Tiree , Coll is more temperate than its location on the Scottish west coast thanks to the Gulf Stream - Coll and Tiree are among the places with the most hours of sunshine in the whole of the United Kingdom . 195 people lived on Coll in 2011. The main settlement is Arinagour .
The island is rich in prehistoric places:
- To caisteal
- Breachacha crannog
- Thun to Achaidh
- Dùn Anlaimh
- Dùn Beic
- Dùn Dubh
- Dùn Morbhaidh
- Totamore dun
- Totronald
- Arnabost and Port-na-Luing basement
The more than ten crannógs on the island of Coll were examined by Mark Holley in the 1990s.
