Little Cumbrae

Little Cumbrae
Scottish Gaelic nameCumaradh Beag
Little Cumbrae Island from Portencross, Ayrshire
Little Cumbrae Island from Portencross, Ayrshire
Location
Little Cumbrae is located in North Ayrshire
Little Cumbrae
Little Cumbrae
Little Cumbrae shown within North Ayrshire
OS grid referenceNS148517
Coordinates55°43′N 4°57′W / 55.72°N 4.95°W / 55.72; -4.95
Physical geography
Island groupIslands of the Clyde
Area313 hectares (1.21 sq mi)
Area rank84 [1]
Highest elevationLighthouse Hill 123 metres (404 ft)
Administration
Council areaNorth Ayrshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population0
Lymphad
References[2][3][4]

Little Cumbrae (Scottish Gaelic: Cumaradh Beag) is an island in the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies south of Great Cumbrae, its larger neighbour. The underlying geology is igneous with limited outcrops of sedimentary rock. Little Cumbrae House is of 20th century construction, although the island has no permanent inhabitation at present, its population having peaked at 23 in the late 19th century.[3] There is a lighthouse on the western coast.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  3. ^ a b Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 17-18
  4. ^ "Ordnance Survey". Archived from the original on 16 October 2003. Retrieved 12 November 2007.

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