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Scotland Islands

Range Type	Archipelago
Highest Point	Sgurr Alasdair (992 m/3255 ft)
Countries	United Kingdom
States/Provinces	Scotland
Area	9,583 sq km / 3,700 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	600 km / 373 mi North-South 461 km / 286 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	58° 7' N; 6° 39' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Scotland Islands
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Scotland Islands.

Great Britain	Level 3 (Parent)
Scotland Islands	Level 4
Shetland Islands	Level 5 (Child)
Orkney Islands	Level 5 (Child)
Western Isles	Level 5 (Child)
Skye Archipelago	Level 5 (Child)
Mull-Coll-Tiree	Level 5 (Child)
Jura-Islay-Arran	Level 5 (Child)
Northwest Highlands	Level 4 (Sibling)
Grampian Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	Level 4 (Sibling)
Wales and Welsh Border	Level 4 (Sibling)
England Hills	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Scotland Islands

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Sgurr Alasdair	992	3255	Skye Archipelago
2.	Inaccessible Pinnacle	986	3235	Skye Archipelago
3.	Sgurr Thearlaich	977	3205	Skye Archipelago
4.	Sgurr a'Ghreadaidh	973	3192	Skye Archipelago
5.	Ben More	966	3169	Mull-Coll-Tiree
6.	Sgurr na Banachdich	965	3166	Skye Archipelago
7.	Sgurr nan Gillean	964	3163	Skye Archipelago
8.	Bruach na Frithe	958	3143	Skye Archipelago
9.	Sgurr Mhic Choinnich	948	3110	Skye Archipelago
10.	Sgurr Sgumain	948	3110	Skye Archipelago
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Sgurr Alasdair	992	3255	Skye Archipelago
2.	Ben More	966	3169	Mull-Coll-Tiree
3.	Goat Fell	874	2867	Jura-Islay-Arran
4.	Clisham	799	2621	Western Isles
5.	Ward Hill	481	1578	Orkney Islands
6.	Ronas Hill	450	1476	Shetland Islands

Photos of Peaks in the Scotland Islands

Sgurr Alasdair Alpenglow over the Black Cuillin (2015-09-13). Photo by Twm Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.	Inaccessible Pinnacle Alpenglow over the Black Cuillin (2015-09-13). Photo by Twm Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.
Sgurr Mhic Choinnich Alpenglow over the Black Cuillin (2015-09-13). Photo by Twm Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.	Goat Fell Goatfell summit view (2018-05-28). Photo by John McHugh. Click here for larger-size photo.
Askival Askival (centre right), the highest mountain in the Rum Cuillin, from the cross-island track to Glen Harris (2014-05-28). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.	Clisham Clisham from the east (2019-09-27). Photo by Randy Orrison. Click here for larger-size photo.
Beinn an Oir Beinn an Oir, the highest of the Paps of Jura, from Beinn a'Chaolais (2016-06-03). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.	Ainshval On the summit of Ainshval, a Corbett and second highest peak of the Rum Cuillin. The Scottish mainland, Askival (R) the highest mountain and Hallival (L) lie behind in the swirling clouds (2014-05-29). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.
Bioda Buidhe Summit of Bioda Buidhe from the ridge a short distance north (2017-10-04). Photo by Randy Orrison. Click here for larger-size photo.	Carn a'Ghaill The summit trig point on Cairn a'Ghaill, the highest hill on Canna. View SE across the Sound of Canna to the Rum Cuillin (2014-05-30). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.

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