| 词条 | Eileanan Chearabhaigh |
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|Image=Eileanan Chearabhaigh.jpg |ImageCaption=The islands of Eileanan Chearabhaigh at centre, with mainland Benbecula in the foreground and the northern tip of Wiay beyond |location_map=Scotland Outer Hebrides |caption=Eileanan Chearbhaigh shown within the Outer Hebrides |GridReference=NF866476 |coordinates = {{coord|57.41|-7.22|display=inline}} |celtic name= Eileanan Chearabhaigh |norse name= |meaning of name= |area= {{convert|49|ha|acre}}[1] |area rank= |highest elevation=c. {{convert|23|m|ft}}[1] |Population= |population rank= |main settlement= |island group=Uist |local authority=Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |references= }}Eileanan Chearabhaigh is a collection of small uninhabited tidal islands off the south east coast of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The English language name Keiravagh Islands is sometimes used.[2] Bounded by the tidal waters of Loch Chearabhaigh to the north and Loch a' Laip to the south, the land area of the group defies a simple description. At low tide the islands form a peninsula with a total area of about {{convert|50|ha|acre}}, which is connected to Benbecula by drying sands. At high tide the connection to Benbecula is lost and a number of small islets stretching for over {{convert|2|km|mi}} from east to west appear, the largest of which is about {{convert|31|ha|acre}} in extent.{{#tag:ref| Haswell-Smith (2004) lists all the islands of Scotland that are greater in size than {{convert|40|ha|acre}}. The definition he uses is "an Island is a piece of land or group of pieces of land which is entirely surrounded by water at Lowest Astronomical Tide and to which there is no permanent means of dry access". This therefore excludes Eileanan Chearabhaigh at low tide and also its largest constituent island at high tide (as it is less than 40 ha in extent).|group="Note"}} None of these individual islets are named by the Ordnance Survey. Argyll Yacht Charters supply a table of islands statistics that list the "Kiervagh islands" as being {{convert|49|ha|acre}} in extent, although the method of measurement is not explicit.[3] The uninhabited island of Wiay lies to the south and fish farming is undertaken in the productive waters of Loch a' Laip and Loch Chearabhaigh.[2][4] Loch a' Laip also provides shelter for visiting water craft but the area is strewn with rocks and skerries. There is a pier on Benbecula served by a track at the western end of Eileanan Chearabhaigh and another to the south at Eilean na Cille, although their use without local knowledge is not advised.[1][5] See alsoNearby islands with a similarly complex geography:
Notes1. ^1 {{Ordnance Survey}} 2. ^1 Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 249 3. ^1 Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011. 4. ^[https://office.thecrownestate.co.uk/ffstats/default.asp?Page=1&dteStart=&dteEnd=&lstSpecies=&order=[Applicant] "Portfolio Management"] page 34. Crown Estate. Retrieved 16 April 2011. 5. ^Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 250 FootnotesReferences
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