Nave Island

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Nave Island
Nave Island as seen from Ardnave Point
Nave Island as seen from Ardnave Point
Waters Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago Inner Hebrides
Geographical location 55 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 20 ′ 10 ″  W Coordinates: 55 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 20 ′ 10 ″  W
Nave Island (Scotland)
Nave Island
length 1.5 km
width 650 m
surface 37 ha
Highest elevation 34  m
Residents uninhabited
Ruins of the chapel
Ruins of the chapel

Nave Island ( Gaelic : Noamh ) is a Scottish island. It is only about 500 meters north of Ardnave Point , a cape in the northwest of the island of Islay , and belongs to the Inner Hebrides archipelago , or administratively to the Council Area Argyll and Bute . Historically, Nave was part of the traditional county of Argyllshire .

Nave Island is uninhabited. The name is derived from the Gaelic word for holy and refers to a church and burial place on the island. Only a ruin remains of the church today. This building, known as the Nave Island Chapel , is on the Scottish List of Monuments.

geography

The maximum north-south extension is about 1.5 km, the maximum width 650 m. The area covers 37 hectares . The highest point on the island rises 34 m above sea level. Nave Islands marks the western entrance to the inlet of Loch Gruinart .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Nave or Noamh. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 5: (Lib - Pet). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1884, p. 98 .
  2. ↑ a b Nave Island. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ↑ Area measurement with Google Earth Pro
  4. ^ Map of the Ordnance Survey