Tanera Beag

Tanera Beag

Scottish Gaelic name	Tanera Beag
Old Norse name	hawnar-øy
Meaning of name	"Harbour island", from Norse
Location
Tanera Beag Tanera Beag shown within Highland Scotland
OS grid reference	NB965074
Coordinates	58.01°N 5.44°W / 58.01; -5.44
Physical geography
Island group	Summer Isles
Area	66 ha (1⁄4 sq mi)
Area rank	178= [1]
Highest elevation	83 m (272 ft)
Administration
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	0
References	[2][3][4][5]

Eastern anchorage, Tanera Beag; Suilven and Cul Mòr are in the background

Tanera Beag or Tanera Beg is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles off north west Scotland.

It is called "Tanera Beag" ("Little Tanera") to distinguish it from Tanera Mòr, "Big Tanera".

References

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. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
4. Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
5. Iain Mac an Tailleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2007.

58°0′36″N 5°26′39″W