Eriska
Flat tidal island at the entrance to Loch Creran on the west coast of Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Eriskay.
Eriska is a flat tidal island at the entrance to Loch Creran on the west coast of Scotland.
Quick Facts Scottish Gaelic name, Old Norse name ...
Scottish Gaelic name | ùruisg, |
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Old Norse name | Aoraisge |
Meaning of name | 'water nymph island' or 'Erik's island' |
Location | |
OS grid reference | NM902429 |
Coordinates | 56.532°N 5.412°W / 56.532; -5.412 |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Loch Linnhe |
Area | 145 hectares (360 acres)[1] |
Area rank | 124= [2] |
Highest elevation | 47 metres (155') |
Administration | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Argyll and Bute |
Demographics | |
Population | No estimate available |
References | [3][4][5] |
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Privately owned by the Buchanan-Smiths[3] from 1973 until August 2016, Eriska is now owned by Creation Gem, a family-owned business from Hong Kong.[6] The island is run as a hotel with wooded grounds. The island is evidently populated although no record for the total was provided by the census in 2001[7] or 2011.[8]