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Coordinates: 58°01′49″N 5°27′12″W / 58.030338°N
5.453436°W / 58.030338;
-5.453436
The Summer Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Samhraidh,
pronounced [nə ˈhelanən ˈs̪ãũrɪ]) are an archipelago lying in
the mouth of Loch
Broom, in the Highland region of Scotland.
Geography
The only inhabited isle, Tanera Mòr, is also the largest. It is home
to a salmon farm, a café and a post office, which has
operated its own local
post and printed its own stamps since 1970. The island has no
roads and the only recognisable path goes around the Anchorage, the
sheltered bay on the east side of the island. Boats sail to the
island from Achiltibuie.[1]
Smaller
islands
Conservation
The islands are part of a National Scenic Area.
Frank Fraser Darling, an important
figure in the development of Scottish conservation, lived on Tanera Mòr for two
years in the 1930s. His book, Island Years (published
1940), records his time in the Summer Isles, painting Priest Island
as a place of great beauty as well as great wildlife.[2]
Literature
Summer Isles Philatelic
Bureau
Since 1970 Summer Isles Philatelic Bureau has been issuing
stamps of the islands for the thousands of annual tourists who
place them on mail to be carried to the nearest GPO Post Box on the
mainland. The stamps of Summer Islands are keenly sought after by
the collectors of British Locals.[5][6]
References
External
links
Na h-Eileanan
Samhraidh (help·info)
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