Little Colonsay

Little Colonsay

Infobox Scottish island |


latitude=56.44737
longitude=-6.26122
GridReference=NM375365
celtic name=Colbhasa Beag
norse name=
meaning of name=
area= 88 ha (217 acres)
area rank= 152
highest elevation= 61 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Mull
local authority=Argyll and Bute
references= [2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland] [Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) "The Scottish Islands". Edinburgh. Canongate.] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ]

Little Colonsay (Gaelic: Colbhasa Beag) is an uninhabited island west of the island of Mull in Scotland. The geology of the island is columnar basalt, similar to that on neighbouring Staffa.

The island is currently owned by Michael Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham, but has not been inhabited since the 1940s. [ [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst1554.html Little Colonsay] , Gazetteer for Scotland]

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