List of islands of Scotland

This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain. Also included are various other related tables and lists. The definition of an offshore island used in this list is "land that is surrounded by seawater on a daily basis, but not necessarily at all stages of the tide, excluding human devices such as bridges and causeways".
Scotland has over 900 offshore islands, most of which are to be found in four main groups: Shetland, Orkney, and the Hebrides, sub-divided into the Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides. There are also clusters of islands in the Firth of Clyde, Firth of Forth, and Solway Firth, and numerous small islands within the many bodies of fresh water in Scotland including Loch Lomond and Loch Maree. The largest island is Lewis and Harris which extends to 2,179 square kilometres, and there are a further 200 islands which are greater than 40 hectares in area. Of the remainder, several such as Staffa and the Flannan Isles are well known despite their small size. Some 94 Scottish islands are permanently inhabited, of which 89 are offshore islands. Between 2001 and 2011 Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702.
The geology and geomorphology of the islands is varied. Some, such as Skye and Mull are mountainous, while others like Tiree and Sanday are relatively low lying. Many have bedrock made from ancient Archaean Lewisian Gneiss which was formed 3 billion years ago; Shapinsay and other Orkney islands are formed from Old Red Sandstone, which is 400 million years old; and others such as Rùm from more recent Tertiary volcanoes. Many of the islands are swept by strong tides, and the Corryvreckan tide race between Scarba and Jura is one of the largest whirlpools in the world. Other strong tides are to be found in the Pentland Firth between mainland Scotland and Orkney, and another example is the "Grey Dog" between Scarba and Lunga.
The culture of the islands has been affected by the successive influences of Celtic, Norse and English speaking peoples and this is reflected in names given to the islands. Most of the Hebrides have names with Scots Gaelic derivations, whilst those of the Northern Isles tend to be derived from the Viking names. A few have Brythonic, Scots and even perhaps pre-Celtic roots.
A feature of modern island life is the low crime rate and they are considered to be amongst the safest places to live in Britain. Orkney was rated as the best place to live in Scotland in both 2013 and 2014 according to the Halifax Quality of Life survey.
Rockall is a small rocky islet in the North Atlantic which was declared part of Scotland by the Island of Rockall Act 1972. However, despite no possession by any other state and other precedents, the legality of the claim is disputed by the Republic of Ireland, Denmark and Iceland and some say, it may be unenforceable in international law.
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Demographics

The 2011 census records 94 Scottish islands as having a usually resident population of which 89 are offshore islands. There are however various complications with both the definitions of an "island" and occasional habitation and the National Records of Scotland also list a further 17 islands that were inhabited in 2001 but not 2011, or are "included in the NRS statistical geography for inhabited islands but had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses". There are a small number of other islands that are evidently inhabited but which are not recorded in this list.
The local government council areas with the most inhabited islands are Argyll and Bute with 23, Orkney with 20, Shetland with 16 and Highland and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar with 14 each. There are also three in North Ayrshire and one each in Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. The last three named plus two islands in Argyll and Bute are freshwater rather than offshore.
on Skye, an island where the population has grown in recent decades
In the past many smaller islands that are uninhabited today had permanent populations. Losses were severe in many areas during the 19th century when islands such as Pabbay and Fuaigh Mòr were subject to forcible evictions during the Highland Clearances. Mass emigration from the Hebridean islands was at its height in the mid-19th century but it commenced as early as the 1770s in some areas. The crofting counties held 20% of Scotland's population in 1755 but by 1961 this figure had declined to 5%. Other examples include Mingulay, Noss and the St Kilda archipelago, which were abandoned during the course of the 20th century. Declines have been particularly significant in the more remote outlying islands, some of which remain vulnerable to ongoing losses.
The following table shows population trends for the ten most populous islands as of the last census. The overall trends are typically growth in populations in the early part of the modern period, followed by declines from the mid 19th century onwards. In every case except Orkney the highest population was recorded prior to 1932 and the lowest post-industrial revolution figure after 1960. Subsequently, there has been modest growth overall, although some islands are continuing to show a decline. Between 1991 and 2001, the population of the islands as a whole fell by 3% to 99,739, although there were 35 islands whose population increased. By contrast, between 2001 and 2011 Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702. The Scottish Community Alliance noted that "the largest rate of increase has been in the Western Isles where local people now own approximately 60% of the landmass. Where populations have fallen community ownership is virtually non-existent."

Largest Scottish islands by population

The following table compares the populations of the main Scottish archipelagos with that of the Faroe Islands for a similar time frame to the above.

Archipelago	1801	1851	1901	1931	1971	2011
Hebrides	64,690	88,615	76,780	60,390	45,480	46,632
Change		37%				3%
Orkney	24,445	31,318	27,763	21,933	17,007	21,349
Change		28%				26%
Shetland	22,000	31,000	28,000	21,000	17,500	23,167
Change		41%				32%
Faroe Islands	5,265	8,000	15,230	24,500	38,612	48,515
Change		52%	90%	61%	58%	26%

Legislation

In July 2013, the Scottish Government made the Lerwick Declaration, indicating an intention to decentralise power to the three island council areas of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles and later that year made a commitment to do so. In 2017 an Islands bill was introduced to make "island proofing" a statutory requirement for public bodies. The Bill completed Stage 1 on 8 February 2018.

Larger islands

This is a list of Scottish islands that either have an area greater than 40 hectares and/or are inhabited. The main groups, from Haswell-Smith, in many cases provide a more useful guide to location than local authority areas. These groups are: Firth of Clyde, Islay, Firth of Lorn, Mull, Small Isles, Skye, Lewis and Harris, Uists and Barra, St Kilda, Orkney, Shetland and Firth of Forth. In a few cases where the island is part of either a recognisable smaller group or an archipelago, or is located away from the main groups, an archipelago, local authority or other descriptive name is used instead. "F" designates a freshwater island.
Scotland's islands include thirteen Munros, twelve of them found on Skye, and a total of 227 Marilyns.
archipelago
, Orkney, a 137-metre sea stack of red sandstone
Lighthouse, During Construction'' by Sam Bough
, Staffa
, Barra
from the South Ayrshire coast
lighthouse, Shetland
from Tantallon Castle
from the south west
harbour, Lewis
cliffs
Standing Stones, Lewis
towards the Peerie Bard
, Harris
, Skye

Island	Group	Area	Population	Height
Ailsa Craig	Firth of Clyde	99	0	338
Arran	Firth of Clyde	43201	4,629	874
Auskerry	Orkney	85	4	18
Baleshare	Uists and Barra	910	58	12
Balta	Shetland	80	0	44
Barra	Uists and Barra	5875	1,174	383
Barra Head	Uists and Barra	204	0	193
Benbecula	Uists and Barra	8203	1,303	124
Berneray, North Uist	Uists and Barra	1010	138	93
Bigga	Shetland	78	0	34
Boreray	St Kilda	86	0	384
Boreray	Uists and Barra	204	0	56
Bressay	Shetland	2805	368	226
Brother Isle	Shetland	40	0	25
Bruray	Out Skerries	55	24	53
Burray	Orkney	903	409	80
Bute	Firth of Clyde	12217	6,498	278
Calf of Eday	Orkney	243	0	54
Calbha Mor	Edrachillis Bay	70	0	67
Calve Island	Mull	72	0	20
Canna	Small Isles	1130	12	210
Cara	Islay	66	0	56
Càrna	Mull	213	0	169
Cava	Orkney	107	0	38
Ceallasaigh Mòr	Uists and Barra	55	0	10
Ceallasaigh Beag	Uists and Barra	46	0	10
Ceann Ear	Monach Islands	203	0	17
Ceann Iar	Monach Islands	154	0	19
Coll	Mull	7685	195	106
Colonsay	Islay	4074	124	143
Copinsay	Orkney	73	0	64
Danna	Islay	315 *	1	54
Davaar	Firth of Clyde	52 *	0 °	115
Dunglass Island	River Conon	40 *	0	8
Easdale	Slate Islands	20 <20 *	59	38
East Burra	Shetland	515	76	81
Eday	Orkney	2745	160	101
Egilsay	Orkney	650	26	35
Eigg	Small Isles	3049	83	393
Eileach an Naoimh	Garvellachs	56	0	80
Eilean Bàn, Lochalsh	Highland	10 <10 *	0 °	5
Eilean Chaluim Chille	Lewis and Harris	85	0	43
Eilean Chearstaidh	Lewis and Harris	77	0	37
Eilean dà Mhèinn	Islay	3 *	1	16
Eilean Donan	Highland	1 <1 *	0 °	3
Eilean Dubh Mòr	Slate Islands	65	0	53
Eilean Fladday	Inner Hebrides	120	0	39
Eilean Liubhaird	Lewis and Harris	125	0	76
Eilean Macaskin	Islay	50	0	65
Eilean Meadhonach	Crowlin Islands	77	0	54
Eilean Mhealasta	Lewis and Harris	124	0	77
Eilean Mhic Chrion	Islay	54 *	0	63
Eilean Mòr	Crowlin Islands	170	0	114
Eilean Mòr	Lewis	59 *	0	64
Eilean nan Ròn	Highland	138	0	76
Eilean Righ	Islay	86	0	55
Eilean Shona	Small Isles	525	2	265
Eilean Sùbhainn	Loch Maree	118 *	0	36
Eilean Tigh	Skye	54	0	111
Eilean Tioram	Small Isles	2 *	6	10
Eilean Trodday	Skye	42	0	45
Eileanan Iasgaich	Uists and Barra	50	0	23
Ensay	Uists and Barra	186	0	49
Eorsa	Mull	122	0	98
Eriska	Loch Linnhe	310 *	-	47
Eriskay	Uists and Barra	703	143	185
Erraid	Mull	187	6	75
Eynhallow	Orkney	75	0	30
Fair Isle	Shetland	768	68	217
Fara	Orkney	295	0	43
Faray	Orkney	180	0	32
Fetlar	Shetland	4078	61	158
Fiaraidh	Uists and Barra	41	0	30
Flodaigh	Uists and Barra	145 *	7	20
Flodaigh Mòr	Uists and Barra	58	0	28
Flodday, Sound of Barra	Uists and Barra	40	0	41
Flotta	Orkney	876	80	58
Foula	Shetland	1265	38	418
Fraoch-eilean	Uists and Barra	55	-	11
Fuaigh Mòr	Lewis and Harris	84	0	67
Fuday	Uists and Barra	232	0	89
Fuiay	Uists and Barra	84	0	107
Gairsay	Orkney	240	3	102
Garbh Eileach	Garvellachs	142	0	110
Garbh Eilean	Shiant Islands	143	0	160
Garbh Eilean, Loch Maree	Loch Maree	65 *	0	25
Gigha	Islay	1395	163	100
Gighay	Uists and Barra	96	0	95
Glimps Holm	Orkney	55	0	32
Gometra	Mull	425	2	155
Graemsay	Orkney	409	28	62
Great Bernera	Lewis and Harris	2122	252	87
Great Cumbrae	Firth of Clyde	1168	1,376	127
Grimsay	Uists and Barra	833	169	22
Grimsay	Uists and Barra	117 *	20	20
Gruinard Island	Highland	196	0	106
Gunna	Mull	69	0	35
Handa	Highland	309	0	123
Hascosay	Shetland	275	0	30
Hellisay	Uists and Barra	142	0	79
Hermetray	Uists and Barra	72	0	35
Hildasay	Shetland	108	0	32
Hirta	St Kilda	670	0	430
Holm of Grimbister	Orkney	16	3	8
Holy Island	Firth of Clyde	253	31	314
Horse Island	Summer Isles	53	0	60
Housay	Out Skerries	163	50	53
Hoy	Orkney	13458	419	479
Hunda	Orkney	100	0	41
Inchcailloch	Loch Lomond	50	0	85
Inchcolm	Firth of Forth	9 *	0 °	34
Inchfad	Loch Lomond	40 c.40 *	1	24
Inch Kenneth	Mull	55	0	49
Inchlonaig	Loch Lomond	80	0	62
Inchmarnock	Firth of Clyde	266	0	60
Inchmurrin	Loch Lomond	120	8	89
Inchtavannach	Loch Lomond	70	3	84
Inner Holm	Orkney	2 *	1	7
Innis Chonain	Loch Awe	8 *	5	62
Iona	Mull	877	177	100
Isay	Skye	60	0	28
Islay	Islay	61956	3,228	491
Isle Martin	Summer Isles	157	0	120
Isle of Ewe	Highland	309	7	72
Isle of May	Firth of Forth	45	0	50
Isle Ristol	Summer Isles	225 *	0	71
Jura	Islay	36692	196	785
Kerrera	Firth of Lorne	1214	34	189
Killegray	Lewis and Harris	176	0	45
Kirkibost	Uists and Barra	205	0	7
Lamba	Shetland	43	0	35
Lamb Holm	Orkney	40	0	20
Lewis and Harris	Lewis and Harris	217898	21,031	799
Linga, Muckle Roe	Shetland	70	0	69
Linga, Yell	Shetland	45	0	26
Linga Holm	Orkney	57	0	10
Lismore	Loch Linnhe	2351	192	127
Little Bernera	Lewis and Harris	138	0	41
Little Colonsay	Mull	88	0	61
Little Cumbrae	Firth of Clyde	313	0	123
Longa Island	Highland	126	0	70
Longay	Skye	50	0	67
Luing	Slate Islands	1430	195	94
Lunga	Slate Islands	254	0 °	98
Lunga	Treshnish Isles	81	0	103
Mainland, Orkney	Orkney	52325	17,162	271
Mainland, Shetland	Shetland	96879	18,765	450
Mingulay	Uists and Barra	640	0	273
Moncrieffe Island	River Tay	46 *	3	5
Mousa	Shetland	180	0	55
Muck	Small Isles	559	27	137
Muckle Roe	Shetland	1773	130	267
Muldoanich	Uists and Barra	78	0	153
Mull	Mull	87535	2,800	966
North Rona	Atlantic Outlier	109	0	108
North Ronaldsay	Orkney	690	72	20
North Uist	Uists and Barra	30305	1,254	347
Isle of Noss	Shetland	343	0	181
Oldany Island	Highland	200 *	0	104
Oronsay	Islay	543	8	93
Oronsay	Uists and Barra	85	0	25
Oronsay	Mull	230 *	0	58
Oxna	Shetland	68	0	38
Pabay	Skye	122	0	28
Pabay Mòr	Lewis and Harris	101	0	68
Pabbay	Uists and Barra	250	0	171
Pabbay	Lewis and Harris	820	0	196
Papa	Shetland	59	0	32
Papa Little	Shetland	226	0	82
Papa Stour	Shetland	828	15	87
Papa Stronsay	Orkney	74	0 °	13
Papa Westray	Orkney	918	90	48
Priest Island	Summer Isles	122	0	78
Raasay	Skye	6405	161	443
Ronay	Uists and Barra	563	0	115
Rousay	Orkney	4860	216	250
Rùm	Small Isles	10463	22	812
Samphrey	Shetland	66	0	29
Sanda Island	Firth of Clyde	151	0 °	123
Sanday	Orkney	5043	494	65
Sanday	Small Isles	184	9	59
Sandray	Uists and Barra	385	0	207
Scalpay	Skye	2483	2	392
Scalpay	Lewis and Harris	653	291	104
Scarba	Islay	1474	0	449
Scarp	Lewis and Harris	1045	0	308
Seaforth Island	Lewis and Harris	273	0	217
Seil	Slate Islands	1329	551	146
Sgeotasaigh	Lewis and Harris	49	0	57
Shapinsay	Orkney	2948	307	64
Shillay	Lewis and Harris	47	0	79
Shuna	Slate Islands	451	3	90
Shuna	Loch Linnhe	155	0	71
Skye	Skye	165625	10,008	993
Soay	Skye	1036	1	141
Soay	St Kilda	99	0	378
Soay Mòr	Lewis and Harris	45	0	37
South Havra	Shetland	59	0	42
South Rona	Skye	930	3	125
South Ronaldsay	Orkney	4980	909	118
South Uist	Uists and Barra	32026	1,754	620
South Walls	Orkney	1100	-	57
Stockinish Island	Lewis and Harris	49	0	44
Stroma	Highland	375	0	53
Stromay	Uists and Barra	66	0	16
Stronsay	Orkney	3275	349	44
Stuley	Uists and Barra	45	0	40
Switha	Orkney	41	0	29
Swona	Orkney	92	0	41
Tahay	Uists and Barra	53	0	65
Tanera Beag	Summer Isles	66	0	83
Tanera Mòr	Summer Isles	310	4	124
Taransay	Lewis and Harris	1475	0	267
Texa	Islay	48	0	48
Tiree	Mull	7834	653	141
Torsa	Slate Islands	113	0	62
Trondra	Shetland	275	135	60
Ulva	Mull	1990	11	313
Unst	Shetland	12068	632	284
Uyea, Unst	Shetland	205	0	50
Vaila	Shetland	327	2	95
Vacsay	Lewis and Harris	41	0	34
Vallay	Uists and Barra	260	0	38
Vatersay	Uists and Barra	960	90	185
Vementry	Shetland	370	0	90
West Burra	Shetland	743	776	217
West Linga	Shetland	125	0	52
Westray	Orkney	4713	588	169
Whalsay	Shetland	1970	1,061	119
Wiay	Skye	148	0	60
Wiay	Uists and Barra	375	0	102
Wyre	Orkney	311	29	32
Yell	Shetland	21211	966	205

Four islands were recorded as inhabited in 2011 that were not mentioned in the 2001 census: Eilean dà Mhèinn, Eilean Tioram, Holm of Grimbister and Inner Holm.
These following are listed by the National Records of Scotland as "included in the NRS statistical geography for inhabited islands but had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses." None except Lamb Holm are greater than 40 ha in area.

Island	Location
Castle Stalker	Firth of Lorn
Eilean Horrisdale	Gair Loch
Eilean Loain	Loch Sween
Eilean na Cille	Uists and Barra
Ensay	Lewis and Harris
Inch Kenneth	Mull
Inchlonaig	Loch Lomond
Inchcruin	Loch Lomond
Kisimul Castle	Uists and Barra
Lamb Holm	Orkney

Freshwater islands

There are numerous other freshwater islands, of which the more notable include Lochindorb Castle Island, Loch Leven Castle Island, St Serf's Inch, and Inchmahome, each of which have played an important part in Scottish history.
Inchmurrin is the largest freshwater island in the British Isles. It is in Loch Lomond, which contains over sixty other islands. Loch Maree also contains several islands, the largest of which are Eilean Sùbhainn, Garbh Eilean and Eilean Ruairidh Mòr but aren't as big as others.

Smaller offshore islands

This is a continuing list of uninhabited Scottish islands smaller than 40 hectares in size.

Name	Island group / location
Bac Mòr	Inner Hebrides: Treshnish Isles
Bass Rock	Firth of Forth
Bayble Island	Outer Hebrides: Lewis and Harris
Bearasaigh	Outer Hebrides: Lewis: Loch Ròg
Belnahua	Inner Hebrides: Slate Islands
Bottle Island	Summer Isles
Brough of Birsay	Orkney
Bound Skerry	Shetland
Cairn na Burgh Beag	Inner Hebrides: Treshnish Isles
Cairn na Burgh Mòr	Inner Hebrides: Treshnish Isles
Calbha Beag	Sutherland: Edrachillis Bay
Calf of Flotta	Orkney
Calvay	Outer Hebrides: South Uist
Campaigh	Outer Hebrides: Lewis: Loch Ròg
Castle Island	Firth of Clyde
Clett	Highland
Corn Holm	Orkney
Craigleith	Firth of Forth
Craiglethy	Kincardineshire: Fowlsheugh
Cramond Island	Firth of Forth
Damsay	Orkney
Dore Holm	Shetland
Dubh Artach	Inner Hebrides
Dùn	St Kilda
Dùn Chonnuill	Inner Hebrides: Garvellachs
East Linga	Shetland
Eilean Chathastail	Inner Hebrides: Small Isles
Eilean Dubh	Firth of Clyde
Eilean Ighe	Inner Hebrides: Arisaig
Eilean Mhuire	Outer Hebrides: Shiant Islands
Eilean Mòr, Loch Dunvegan	Skye
Eyebroughy	Firth of Forth
Fidra	Firth of Forth
Fish Holm	Shetland
Fladda	Inner Hebrides: Slate Islands
Fladda	Treshnish Isles
Flodday near Vatersay	Outer Hebrides: Barra Islands
Fuaigh Beag	Outer Hebrides: Lewis: Loch Ròg
Garbh Sgeir	Inner Hebrides: Small Isles
Gigalum Island	Inner Hebrides: Gigha
Gloup Holm	Shetland
Glunimore Island	Firth of Clyde
Grunay	Shetland: Out Skerries
Gruney	Shetland
Gualan	Outer Hebrides: Benbecula
Haaf Gruney	Shetland
Harlosh Island	Inner Hebrides: Skye
Haskeir	Outer Hebrides
Haskeir Eagach	Outer Hebrides
Hearnish	Outer Hebrides: Monach Islands
Helliar Holm	Orkney
Hestan Island	Solway Firth
Holm of Faray	Orkney
Holm of Huip	Orkney
Holm of Papa	Orkney
Holm of Scockness	Orkney
Horse Isle	Firth of Clyde
Huney	Shetland
Inchgarvie	Firth of Forth
Inchkeith	Firth of Forth
Inchmickery	Firth of Forth
Innis Mhòr	Easter Ross
Kili Holm	Orkney
Lady's Holm	Shetland
Lady Isle	Firth of Clyde
Lamb	Firth of Forth
Little Linga	Shetland
Little Roe	Shetland
Linga, Samphrey	Shetland
Lingeigh	Outer Hebrides: Barra Islands
Lunna Holm	Shetland
Maiden Island	Inner Hebrides: Oban Bay
Mingay	Inner Hebrides: Skye
Muckle Flugga	Shetland
Muckle Green Holm	Orkney
Muckle Skerry	Pentland Skerries
Mugdrum Island	Firth of Tay
Nave Island	Inner Hebrides: Islay
North Havra	Shetland
Oigh-Sgeir	Inner Hebrides
Orfasay	Shetland
Ornsay	Inner Hebrides: Skye
Orsay	Inner Hebrides: Islay
Out Stack	Shetland
Pladda	Firth of Clyde
Rockall	North Atlantic
Rough	Solway Firth
Rusk Holm	Orkney
Rysa Little	Orkney
Scaravay	Outer Hebrides: Sound of Harris
Sgat Mòr and Sgat Beag	Firth of Clyde
Sheep Island	Firth of Clyde
Sibhinis	Outer Hebrides: Monach Islands
Shillay	Outer Hebrides: Monach Islands
Soay Beag	Outer Hebrides: Harris
South Isle of Gletness	Shetland
St Ninian's Isle	Shetland
Stac an Armin	St Kilda
Stac Biorach	St Kilda
Stac Lee	St Kilda
Stac Levenish	St Kilda
Staffa	Inner Hebrides
Stockay	Outer Hebrides: Monach Islands
Stuley	Outer Hebrides: South Uist
Sula Sgeir	North Atlantic
Sule Skerry	North Atlantic
Sule Stack	North Atlantic
Sweyn Holm	Orkney
Tarner Island	Inner Hebrides: Skye
Trialabreac	Outer Hebrides
Urie Lingey	Shetland
Uyea, Northmavine	Shetland
Uynarey	Shetland
Vacsay	Outer Hebrides: Lewis: Loch Ròg

Small archipelagos

There are various small archipelagos which may be better known than the larger islands they contain. These include:

Name	Island group / location
Ascrib Islands	Skye
Burnt Islands	Firth of Clyde
Crowlin Islands	Skye
Flannan Isles	Lewis and Harris
Islands of Fleet	Solway Firth
Garvellachs	Firth of Lorn
MacCormaig Islands	Islay
Monach Islands	Uists
Out Skerries	Shetland
Pentland Skerries	Orkney
Rabbit Islands	Highland
Ramna Stacks	Shetland
Scalloway Isles	Shetland
Shiant Islands	Lewis and Harris
Slate Islands	Firth of Lorn
St Kilda	Lewis and Harris
Summer Isles	Inner Hebrides
Treshnish Isles	Mull

Former islands

The following is a list of places which were formerly islands, but which are no longer so due to silting up, harbour building etc.

Scalp na Caoraich, Cridhe An Uisge, Rònach and 'Scalp Phàdraig Mhòir - four small islands at the delta of the River Ness in Inverness which were removed in the 19th century.
Bodinbo Island near to Erskine on the River Clyde is now partly joined to the river bank.
Broch of Clickimin is a former island in Loch of Clickimin, Lerwick, in Shetland. Originally an offshore island, the loch became cut off from the sea around 200 BC and the island is now connected to dry land by a permanent causeway.
Bunglan was once a separate island, but is now connected to Samphrey by two tombolos.
Eilean-a-beithich was once one of the Slate Islands and located in Easdale Sound. However, it was quarried to a depth of below sea level leaving only the outer rim of the island. This was eventually breached by the sea and little visible sign of the island now remains.
Eilean Chaluim Chille is a former island near Kilmuir on Skye in a now drained loch that was associated with the 13th century Hebridean lord Páll, son of Bálki.
Inchbroach, also known as Rossie Island, is now part of Montrose harbour.
Inch of Culter is a former island in the River Dee near Maryculter.
Innis Bheag or Paterson Island near Portmahomack in Easter Ross is now permanently attached to the Morrich More due to shifting sands.
Keith Inch, is now part of Peterhead Harbour, and is the easternmost point of mainland Scotland.
King's Inch on which stood Inch Castle.
Milton Island or Green Inch was an island in the Clyde's estuarine waters close to the old ford across the river at Dumbuck near Dumbarton.
Newshot Island or Newshot Isle was an island of circa 50 acres or 20 hectares lying in the River Clyde close to Park Quay, Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is now partly joined to the river bank.
North Inch, one of the "Inches" in Perth, formerly an island in the River Tay.
Rosyth Castle also stands on what was once a tidal island in the Firth of Forth, now surrounded by reclaimed land.
Preston Island, an artificial construction south of Low Valleyfield, has now been fully reclaimed, using ash slurry from Longannet power station.
Sand Inch was a small island in the River Clyde next to King's Inch
White Inch, now an area of Glasgow.
Bridged islands

Many of Scotland's islands are connected to the mainland and/or other islands by bridge or causeway. Although some people consider them no longer to be islands, they are generally treated as such.
Outer Hebrides
Many of the islands of the southern Outer Hebrides have been joined to other islands by causeways and bridges. These include:

Baleshare
Benbecula
Berneray
Eriskay
Grimsay
North Uist
South Uist
Vatersay, which joined to Barra, but not to the above islands.

To the north, Scalpay and Great Bernera are connected to Lewis and Harris.
Inner Hebrides

Skye is connected to the mainland by the Skye Bridge which now incorporates Eilean Bàn.
Eilean Donan by causeway to the mainland
Eriska by causeway to the mainland
Seil via John Stevenson's 1792 "Bridge over The Atlantic".
Danna by causeway to the mainland

Orkney Islands
1, blocking Kirk Sound
Similarly, four Orkney islands are joined to the Orkney Mainland by a series of causeways known as the Churchill Barriers. They are:

South Ronaldsay
Burray
Lamb Holm
Glimps Holm

Hunda is in turn connected to Burray via a causeway.
South Walls and Hoy are connected by a causeway called the Ayre. The islands are treated as one entity by the UK census.
An undersea tunnel between the archipelago and Caithness, at a length of about and a tunnel connecting Orkney Mainland to Shapinsay have been discussed, although little has come of it.
Shetland Islands
Several Shetland islands are joined to the Shetland Mainland:

West Burra and East Burra
Muckle Roe
Trondra
Broch of Clickimin is a freshwater islet joined to the mainland by a stone causeway.

There is also a bridge from Housay to Bruray.
Others
Various other islands are also connected by bridges or causeways, to the mainland or other islands, including:

Inchgarvie, thus joined to both Fife and Lothian on the Mainland.
Garbh Eilean at the entrance to Loch Glencoul is now joined to the mainland by both the Kylesku Bridge to the south and its associated roadworks to the north.
Innis Chonan, an inhabited island in Loch Awe is connected to the mainland by a small road bridge.
Tidal islands and tombolos

There are a large number of small tidal islands in Scotland. The more notable ones include:

Baleshare
Bernera
Calve Island
Castle Island
Corn Holm
Cramond Island
Island Davaar
Dunnicaer
Eilean Mhic Chrion
Eilean Shona
Eriska
Erraid
Helliar Holm
Kili Holm
Isle Ristol
Sanday
Torsa

Oronsay means "ebb island" and there are several tidal islands of this name.
The three main islands of the Monach Islands, Ceann Iar, Ceann Ear and Shivinish are connected at low tides. It is said that at one time it was also possible to walk all the way to Baleshare, and on to North Uist, away at low tide. In the 16th century, a large tidal wave was said to have washed the route away.
St Ninian's Isle is connected to Mainland Shetland by a tombolo. Although greater than 40 hectares in size it fails to meet the definition of an island used in this list as it is only surrounded by water during occasional spring tides and storms.
Dùn in St Kilda is separated from Hirta by a shallow strait about wide. This is normally impassable but is reputed to dry out on rare occasions.

Complex islands

There are a number of offshore islands that defy easy classification.

Ceallasaigh Mòr and Ceallasaigh Beag are islands in Loch Maddy, North Uist which are both c. in extent at high tide. At low tide they are connected to one another and several other small tidal islets in the shallow lagoon that surrounds them.
Eileanan Iasgaich in Loch Boisdale, South Uist comprises five small islands and several other islets at high tide but forms a single large one of at low tide.
Eileanan Chearabhaigh. At low tide these islands form a peninsula with a total area of, which is connected to Benbecula by drying sands. At high tide the connection to Benbecula is lost and a number of small islets stretching for over from east to west appear, the largest of which is about in extent.
The Crowlin Islands, located in the Inner Sound off Raasay are three separate islands at high tide and a single one of at low tide.
Similarly, Lunga in the Firth of Lorn is six or more separate islets at high tide but a single one of at low tide.
Castle islands

There are several small Scottish islands that are dominated by a castle or other fortification. The castle is often better known than the island, and the islands are often tidal or bridged. Due to their picturesque nature some of them are well known from postcards and films. Examples are:

Many of the Islands of the Forth and southern Orkneys have fortifications from the two world wars. Rosyth Castle stands on a former island.

Holy islands

A huge number of the islands of Scotland have some kind of culdee/church connection, and/or are dominated by a church. The more notable include:

Island Davaar
Egilsay
Eynhallow
Holy Island
Inchcolm
Inch Kenneth
Inchmahome
Iona
Isle Maree
North Rona
Oronsay
Papa Stronsay
St Ninian's Isle
St Serf's Inch
Tiree

Brother Isle's name is not ecclesiastical in origin as is sometimes stated.

Islands named after people

This is a list of islands, which are known to be named after someone. In some cases such as North Ronaldsay this status may not be obvious. This list omits names such as Hildasay, where the person in question is mythological, or Ailsa Craig, where the individual in question is not known, and also Colonsay & Egilsay where the derivation is disputed.

Eilean Chaluim Chille - Saint Columba
Island Davaar - Saint Barr
Eilean Donan - Saint Donan
Flannan Isles - Saint Flannan
Frank Lockwood's Island
Inchcolm - Saint Columba
Inch Kenneth - Saint Kenneth
Inchmarnock - Saint Mearnag
Inchmahome - Saint Colmag
Inchmurrin - Saint Meadhran/Mirin
Innis Chonan - Saint Conan
Isle Maree - Maelrubha
Isle Martin - Saint Martin
North Rona - Saint Ronan
St Serf's Inch - Saint Serf
Sweyn Holm – Sweyn Asleifsson
Taransay - Saint Taran

Iqbal Singh, the owner of Vacsay, has also expressed wishes to rename it after Robert Burns.

Places called "island" etc. that are not islands

Some places in Scotland with names including "isle" or "island" are not islands. They include:

Name	Island group / location	It actually is
Barmore Island	Knapdale	part of mainland
Black Isle	Ross and Cromarty	peninsula
Burntisland	Fife	part of mainland
Eilean na h-Eaglaise	Torsa	peninsula
Eilean Garbh	Gigha	a peninsula of Gigha
Isle of Fethaland	Shetland	place on mainland of Shetland
Gluss Isle	Shetland	joined to mainland of Shetland
Isle of Harris	Outer Hebrides	part of an island
Isle of Lewis	Outer Hebrides	part of an island
Isleornsay	Skye	place on Skye
Islesteps	Dumfries and Galloway	inland place in Scotland
Isle of Whithorn	Dumfries and Galloway	place on coast of Scotland

Lewis and Harris are separated by a range of hills but form one island, and are sometimes referred to as "Lewis and Harris". Isle of Whithorn and the Black Isle are peninsulas, and Isleornsay is a village which looks out onto the island of Ornsay. There is no commonly accepted derivation for "Burntisland" which had numerous other forms in the past, such as "Brintilun" and "Ye Brint Eland".
Gluss Isle at the western entrance to Sullom Voe is one of the many promontories in Orkney and Shetland connected to a larger body of land by an ayre.

Other elements

The name "Inch" can mean island, but is also used for terra firma surrounded by marsh e.g. Markinch, Insch.
Eilean is Gaelic for "island". However, Inistrynich, Eilean na Maodail, Eilean Dubh and Liever Island are all promontories on Loch Awe as opposed to islands, despite their names. Likewise Eilean Aoidhe on Loch Fyne. The Black Isle is also An t-Eilean Dubh in Gaelic, while Eilean Glas is part of Scalpay.
"-holm" is also common as a suffix in various landlocked placenames, especially in the far south of mainland Scotland e.g. Langholm, Kirk Yetholm, Holmhead, Holmhill. Some of these were river islands in their time, or dry land surrounded by marsh. "Holm" can be found in an element in Holmsgarth, now a suburb of Lerwick and the Parish of Holm on Mainland Shetland and Mainland Orkney respectively. Neither of these is an island in its own right.

Islands named after mainland areas

Likewise, occasionally an island may be named after a location on the nearby mainland, or a major neighbouring island - or vice versa. Examples of this include: Vementry, which was originally the name of an island, but whose name has been transferred to a nearby farm on Mainland Shetland; Oldany Island, whose name has been transferred to Oldany; Cramond Island which is named after neighbouring Cramond ; and Eilean Mhealasta in the Outer Hebrides, which is named after Mealista on Lewis.
The name Easdale appears to be the combination of eas, which is Gaelic for "waterfall" and dal, the Norse for "valley". However, it is not clear why either description should apply to this tiny island which is low lying and has no waterfalls and the name may have come from the nearby village of the same name on Seil.

Crannogs

s are prehistoric artificial islands created in lochs. There are several hundred sites in Scotland. Today, crannogs typically appear as small, circular islands, between 10–30 metres in diameter. Scottish crannogs include:

Breachacha on Coll
Cherry Island in Loch Ness
Dùn Anlaimh on Coll
Eilean Dòmhnuill on North Uist
Keppinch in Loch Lomond

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