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Eilean Chearstaidh

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Gaelic name
  
Eilean Cearstaigh

Area rank
  
166=

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Island group
  
Outer Hebrides

Lieutenancy area
  
Outer Hebrides

OS grid reference
  
NB198333

Highest elevation
  
37 m

Area
  
77 ha

Council area
  
Outer Hebrides

Eilean Chearstaidh

Meaning of name
  
"Hart island", from Norse

Eilean Kearstay (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Chearstaigh) is an uninhabited island in Loch Roag in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

Map of Eilean Chearstaidh, United Kingdom

It lies south east of Great Bernera, just across the water from the headland of Callanish.

In 1990 the island was sold by Prince Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees to an Australian. It was sold to new owners three years later.

References

Eilean Chearstaidh Wikipedia