Eorsa
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| Waters | Atlantic Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Inner Hebrides | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| length | 900 m | |
| width | 1.5 km | |
| surface | 1.22 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 98 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Eorsa is a rocky island on the west coast of Scotland that belongs to the Inner Hebrides . The origin of the name is unknown. In the 18th century the island was called Orsay.
geography
The island is only 1.5 by 0.9 kilometers in size and uninhabited. It is located in Loch na Keal on the west coast of the Isle of Mull east of Ulva . It is part of the Loch Na Keal National Scenic Area . The island consists of tertiary basalt bedrock .
history
The island belonged to Iona Monastery together with Inch Kenneth . It later came into the possession of the Duke of Argyll and was described in 1549 by Dean Munro (Donald Monro) in the Description of the Western Isles of Scotland as fertile and full of grain . Apparently, however, only sheep were farmed later. The ruins of a refuge still exist. There may have been a hermitage on the island .
The island served as a natural barrier to entry into Loch na Keal, which was used as a deep-water anchorage , during World War I.
fauna
The shore of the island is often a meeting place for some loons typologies: the common loon , the red-throated diver and black-throated diver . Occasionally velvet ducks and ear grebes in early spring are also observed. The occasionally reported massive occurrence of adders on the island is unlikely to be true.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Hamish Haswell-Smith: The Scottish islands: the bestselling guide to every Scottish island . Canongate, Edinburgh 2015. pp. 104-106. ISBN 978 1 78211 678 3
- ↑ NSA Special Qualities on the Scottish Natural Heritage website, accessed April 5, 2020
- ↑ Historical perspective for Eorsa . Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved April 5, 2020