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Eilean Trodday is an island in The Minch just off the north coast of the 
Eilean Trodday is about in extent and the coastline has various caves and stacks. The island was inhabited in the past and there are the ruins of a small chapel, which may have been dedicated to
On the summit, at above sea level, is a lighthouse built by
Trotternish
Trotternish or Tròndairnis (Scottish Gaelic) is the northernmost peninsula of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. Its most northerly point, Rubha Hùinis, is the most northerly point of Skye.
One of the peninsula's better-known features is the Trot ...
peninsula of Skye
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in Scotland.
Eilean Trodday is about in extent and the coastline has various caves and stacks. The island was inhabited in the past and there are the ruins of a small chapel, which may have been dedicated to St. Columba
Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is toda ...
.
Lighthouse
On the summit, at above sea level, is a lighthouse built by David
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and Charles Alexander Stevenson in 1908. Now a minor sector light, it marks The Minch's northbound route.
Shipwrecks
The Dutch trawler ''Alexanders'' ran aground and sank on the south side of Eilean Trodday on 29 January 1974. On 2 May 1976 the German Coaster ''Nordhuk'' was carrying a cargo of grain fromGothenburg
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to Liverpool
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. Running on automatic pilot she hit the north east coast of the island near the lighthouse and sank in of water. The stern section of the vessel remains intact about offshore.
In 2002 the nuclear submarine grounded on nearby Fladda-chuain whilst travelling at during a traverse of the Fladda-chuain-Eilean Trodday trough, resulting in some damage to the submarine and three minor injuries to the crew. After the grounding the submarine re-surfaced and proceeded to the Faslane
His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS ''Neptune''), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth). It ...
base by surface transit. The Banff registered trawler, ''Brothers'' BF138 was wrecked on Eilean Trodday on the morning of 1 June 2006 with the loss of two lives.
The island is an excellent dive site with items of interest being the wreck of the ''Nordhuk'' and the sheets of multi-coloured jewel anemones, although the tidal currents are strong outside of slack water.Baird (1995) p. 247
See also
* List of islands in Scotland * List of lighthouses in Scotland * List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthousesNotes
References
* Baird, Bob (1995) ''Shipwrecks of the West of Scotland''. Glasgow. Nekton Books. * {{Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board Uninhabited islands of Highland (council area) Former populated places in Scotland