58.87 ha (145+1⁄2 acres) over more than seven islands.[1]
Area rank
Eilean Mòr is 325th [2]
Highest elevation
88 m (289 ft), on Eilean Mòr
Administration
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Country
Scotland
Council area
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Demographics
Population
0
Largest settlement
Flannan Isles Lighthouse is the only habitable structure
References
[3][4]
The Flannan Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Flannach)[5] or the Seven Hunters are a small island group in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, approximately 32 kilometres (17+1⁄2 nautical miles) west of the Isle of Lewis. They may take their name from Saint Flannan, the 7th century Irish preacher and abbot.[4]
The islands have been devoid of permanent residents since the automation of Flannan Isles Lighthouse in 1971.[6]
^"SPA description:Flannan Isles". JNCC. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
^Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
^General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
^ abHaswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 329–31. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
^Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
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