Tanera Beag

Tanera Beag or Tanera Beg is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles off north west Scotland.

Tanera Beag
Gaelic nameTanera Beag
Norse namehawnar-øy
Meaning of name"Harbour island", from Norse
Location
Tanera Beag
Tanera Beag shown within Highland Scotland
OS grid referenceNB965074
Coordinates58.01°N 5.44°W / 58.01; -5.44
Physical geography
Island groupSummer Isles
Area66 hectares (0.25 sq mi)
Area rank178=[1]
Highest elevation83 metres (272 ft)
Administration
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryScotland
Council areaHighland
Demographics
Population0
References[2][3][4][5]
Eastern anchorage, Tanera Beag; Suilven and Cul Mòr are in the background

It is called "Tanera Beag" ("Little Tanera") to distinguish it from Tanera Mòr, "Big Tanera".

References

  1. Area and population ranks: there are c.300 islands over 20ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  2. 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  3. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  4. Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
  5. Iain Mac an Tailleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2007-07-23.


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