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Isle of Ewe
Location
Isle of Ewe is located in Scotland
Isle of Ewe
Isle of Ewe shown within Scotland
OS grid reference NG855885
Names
Gaelic name About this sound Eilean Iùbh
Pronunciation [ˈelan ˈjuː]
Meaning of name Yew
Area and summit
Area 309 ha
Area rank 88=
Highest elevation Creag Streap 72 m
Population
Population (2001) 12
Population rank 70 out of 97
Groupings
Island group Loch Ewe
Local Authority Highland
Flag of Scotland.svg Lymphad3.svg
References [1][2][3]
If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively.

Isle of Ewe (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Iùbh) is a small Scottish island on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty.

West coast of the Isle of Ewe

Geography and geology

The Isle of Ewe is located in Loch Ewe, west of Aultbea in the Ross and Cromarty district of the Highland Region.

The island is made up of sandstone and the shore line varies from flat pebble beaches to cliffs.

Cultural references

Because the name of the island sounds like I love you, it has become popular for couples to take boat trips around the island.[4]

For the same reason, it was also featured as a desert island in the second chapter of Telltale Games adventure game Tales of Monkey Island: The Siege of Spinner Cay[5].

It was mentioned in the Goon Show, during the episode "Lurgi Strikes Britain."

Footnotes

  1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543.  
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey
  4. ^ "Reality TV Show Lights Up Love Highland". Visit Scotland. 9 January 2007. http://www.visitscotland.org/news_item.htm?newsID=43438. Retrieved 3 April 2009.  
  5. ^ "Post in Telltales' forum.". 20 August 2009. http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=184676&postcount=18. Retrieved 25 August 2009.  

Coordinates: 57°50′04″N 5°36′53″W / 57.83444°N 5.61482°W / 57.83444; -5.61482








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