Eilean Kearstay ( gd, Eilean Chearstaigh) is an uninhabited island in
Loch Roag in the
Outer Hebrides
The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coas ...
of
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to ...
.
It lies south east of
Great Bernera, just across the water from the headland of
Callanish
Callanish ( gd, Calanais) is a village (township) on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), Scotland. Callanish is within the parish of Uig. A linear settlement with a jetty, it is on a headland jutting int ...
.
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.
Notes and references
Islands of Loch Ròg
Uninhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides
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