Garbh Eilean, Loch Maree

57°42′N 5°30′W / 57.7°N 5.5°W / 57.7; -5.5Physical geographyIsland groupLoch MareeArea39 ha (96 acres)^[1]Area rank(Freshwater: 9) ^[2]Highest elevation25 m (82 ft)AdministrationSovereign stateUnited KingdomCountryScotlandCouncil areaHighlandDemographicsPopulation0

References^[3]^[4]

Garbh Eilean is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland.

Garbh Eilean lies between Eilean Sùbhainn and Eilean Ruairidh Mòr. The islands are among the least disturbed in Britain. They are managed as the Loch Maree National Nature Reserve by agreements between Scottish Natural Heritage and their owners.^[5]

Footnotes

^ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
^ 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.
^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
^ Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
^ "Loch Maree Islands National Nature Reserve". Scottish Natural Heritage. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2007.

Islands of Loch Maree

Eilean Maolruibhe
Eilean Ruairidh Mòr
Eilean Sùbhainn
Garbh Eilean

Islands of Scotland

Geography

Northern Isles	Shetland list Orkney list
Hebrides	Outer Hebrides list Inner Hebrides list St Kilda
Other	Islands of the Clyde Islands of the Forth Freshwater Islands Outlying Islands Sea Stacks

Prehistory

Prehistoric Orkney	Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site: Maeshowe Ness of Brodgar Ring of Brodgar Skara Brae Standing Stones of Stenness
Prehistoric Shetland	Zenith of Iron Age Shetland: Broch of Mousa Jarlshof Old Scatness
Prehistoric Western Isles	Callanish Stones Dun Carloway Rubha an Dùnain Dun Nosebridge

History

Dál Riata	Columba Hinba
Kingdom of the Isles	Scandinavian Scotland Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles Bishop of the Isles
Lordship of the Isles	Treaty of Perth Treaty of Ardtornish-Westminster Finlaggan
Earldom of Orkney	Buckquoy spindle-whorl Udal law
18th and 19th Century	Clearances Jacobite risings Flora MacDonald
Literature	Orkneyinga Saga Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (Monro) A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (Martin) A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (Johnson) The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (Boswell)

Etymology

General	Scottish island names Northern Isles Hebrides Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
Specific	Arran Gigha Islay Skye St Kilda

Economy

Towns	Kirkwall Lerwick Rothesay Stornoway Stromness
Agencies	Community Energy Scotland Crofters Commission Highlands and Islands Enterprise Scottish Islands Federation
Oil industry	Flotta Sullom Voe

Culture

Shetland	Aly Bain Thomas Fraser Peerie Willie Johnson Shetland Amenity Trust Up Helly Aa Vagaland
Orkney	George Mackay Brown Peter Maxwell Davies F. Marian McNeill Kirkwall Ba game Orkney Heritage Society St Magnus Festival
Outer Hebrides	Compton Mackenzie Fèis Bharraigh Free Church of Scotland Iain Crichton Smith
Inner Hebrides	Islay whisky Runrig Sorley MacLean West Highland Free Press

Politics

Local authorities	Shetland Islands Council Orkney Islands Council Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Highland Council Argyll and Bute North Ayrshire

Wildlife

Fauna	Fair Isle wren Orkney vole Shetland wren St Kilda field mouse St Kilda wren
Flora	Arran whitebeams Scottish Primrose Shetland Mouse-ear
Domesticated animals	Cairn Terrier Eriskay Pony Hebridean Blackface Luing cattle North Ronaldsay sheep Scottie Sheltie Shetland cattle Shetland Goose Shetland pony Shetland sheep Soay sheep Westie

Geology

Shetland	Geopark Shetland
Geology of Orkney	Eday Group Orcadian Basin Yesnaby Sandstone Group
Hebrides	Colonsay Group Great Estuarine Group Hebridean Terrane Lewisian complex Lorne plateau lavas Moine Supergroup Moine Thrust Belt Mull Rhinns complex Skye Staffa Torridonian
Islands of the Clyde	Highland Boundary Fault