Place:Eigg, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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NameEigg
TypeIsland
Coordinates56.893°N 6.153°W
Located inInverness-shire, Scotland     ( - 1975)
Also located inHighland Region, Scotland     (1975 - 1996)
Highland (council area), Scotland     (1996 - )
See alsoSmall Isles, Inverness-shire, Scotlandparish in which the Island of Eigg was located
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Eigg is one of the Small Isles in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It lies to the south of the Isle of Skye and to the north of the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Eigg is long from north to south, and east to west. With an area of , it is the second-largest of the Small Isles after Rùm. Eigg generates virtually all of its electricity using renewable energy.

Eigg has been owned by the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust since 1997, as a community ownership; another stakeholder, the Scottish Wildlife Trust, manages the island as a nature reserve. In April 2019, National Geographic discussed the island in an on-line article, estimating the population at 107 and the average number of annual visitors at 10,000.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Eigg.

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