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    Ceann Ear

    Heisgeir nan Cailleach

    57°31′N 7°37′W

    Disambiguation: "Ceann Ear" is a common Scottish placename meaning Eastern Headland

    Soay Sheep on Ceann Ear
    Soay Sheep on Ceann Ear

    Adam Kerr / CC BY-SA 2.0

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    57°31′N 7°37′W

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    Disambiguation: "Ceann Ear" is a common Scottish placename meaning Eastern Headland

    Ceann Ear is the largest island in the Monach or Heisgeir group off North Uist in north west Scotland. It is 203 hectares (500 acres) in size. It is the most easterly of the three main Monach Islands, and connected by sandbanks to Ceann Iar via Sibhinis at low tide. It is said that it was at one time possible to walk all the way to Baleshare, and on to North Uist, 5 miles (8 kilometres) away at low tide. In the 16th century, a large tidal wave was said to have washed this away. Today the islands are a national nature reserve.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Monach Islands

    Also in Treshnish Isles

    • Ceann Iar

      1.2 km²▲ 19 m

      Major islands

    • Lunga

      0.6 km²▲ 103 m

      Major islands

    • Fladda

      0.28 km²▲ 23 m

      Major islands

    • Bac Mòr

      0.25 km²▲ 67 m

      Minor islands

    • Sibhinis

      0.24 km²▲ 11 m

      Minor islands

    Also in Inner Hebrides

    • Isle of Skye

      1,636 km²▲ 992 m

      Major islands

    • Isle of Mull

      885 km²▲ 966 m

      Major islands

    • Islay

      618 km²▲ 491 m

      Major islands

    • Jura

      365 km²▲ 785 m

      Major islands

    • Rùm

      107 km²▲ 812 m

      Minor islands

    • Tiree

      79 km²▲ 140 m

      Minor islands

    • Coll

      74.3 km²▲ 103 m

      Minor islands

    • Raasay

      62.4 km²▲ 494 m

      Minor islands

    Also in Outer Hebrides

    Also in Hebrides

    Also in British Isles

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia