Eilean Glas is a peninsula of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides,

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. Eilean Glas is home to a historic lighthouse. Eilean Glas means ''Grey/Green Island'' in Gaelic.

Geography

Eilean Glas lies on the west coast of Scalpay at . The island is long and rises no more than above sea level. The island projects out considerably into

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shipping lane, which is likely why it was decided to place the Eilean Glas Lighthouse here. A track across the narrow

isthmus An isthmus (; ; ) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar, and a strait is the sea counterpart of an isthmus ...

connects Eilean Glas to Scalpay. More recently, a

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was erected on Eilean Glas.

Notes

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