Calve Island
 Calve Island viewed from Tobermory Golf Course | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Calve Island Calve Island shown in Argyll and Bute | |
| OS grid reference | NM521546 |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Mull |
| Area | 72 ha |
| Area rank | 171= [1] |
| Highest elevation | 20 m |
| Administration | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Argyll and Bute |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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| References | [2][3][4] |
Calve Island is an uninhabited island on the east coast of the Isle of Mull in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. It provides some shelter for Tobermory Bay and is separated from Mull by a tidal channel.[3] The island is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) in length, and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide at its widest point.[5] Under water there is a popular diving site.[6] The island is owned by the Cotton family who make use of it in the summer months.[7]
Stamps
Local stamps were issued for Calve Island in 1984 bearing the image of a Basset Hound. The nearest GPO post box is at Tobermory, on mainland Mull.[8][9]
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 79
- ↑ Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
- ↑ Google Maps
- ↑ dive site directory
- ↑ Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 91
- ↑ "Modern British Local Posts CD Catalogue, 2009 Edition". Phillips. 2003. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- ↑ "Basset Hound Stamps animalstamps.com. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
References
- Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
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Coordinates: 56°37′5″N 6°2′26″W / 56.61806°N 6.04056°W
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