Canna, Scotland
| Gaelic name | Canaigh, Eilean Chanaigh |
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| Pronunciation |
[kʰanaj], [ˈelan ˈxanaj] |
| Norse name | Possibly Kne-oy |
| Meaning of name | Irish for 'wolf whelp island' or Scottish Gaelic for 'porpoise island'. Possibly Norse for 'knee-shaped island' |
| Location | |
 Canna
Canna shown within Lochaber
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| OS grid reference | NG244058 |
| Coordinates | 57°03′28″N 6°32′44″W / 57.05790°N 6.54564°WCoordinates: 57°03′28″N 6°32′44″W / 57.05790°N 6.54564°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Small Isles |
| Area | 1,130 hectares (4.4 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 46 |
| Highest elevation | Càrn a' Ghaill 210 metres (689 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Highland |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 12 |
| Population rank | 67 |
| Population density | 1 person/km2 |
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| References | |
Isle of Canna Small automatic lighthouse on the eastern tip of Sanday
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| Location |
Isle of Sanday Highland Scotland United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 57°02′49″N 6°27′57″W / 57.047076°N 6.465876°W |
| Year first constructed | 1907 |
| Construction | metal tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | white tower and lantern |
| Height | 9 metres (30 ft) |
| Focal height | 32 metres (105 ft) |
| Light source | solar power |
| Characteristic | Fl W 6s. |
| Admiralty number | A4074 |
| NGA number | 3988 |
| ARLHS number | SCO-037 |
| Managing agent | Northern Lighthouse Board |
Canna (Scottish Gaelic: Canaigh; Eilean Chanaigh) is the westernmost of the Small Isles archipelago, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is linked to the neighbouring island of Sanday by a road and sandbanks at low tide. The island is 4.3 miles (6.9 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide. The isolated skerries of Hyskeir and Humla lie 6.2 miles (10.0 km) south west of the island.
The islands were left to the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) by their previous owner, the Gaelic folklorist and scholar John Lorne Campbell in 1981, and are run as a farm and conservation area. Canna House, one of two big houses on the island (the other being Tighard), contains John Campbell's important archives of Gaelic materials that were donated with the islands to the nation. Since then the NTS has engaged in new initiatives to attract new residents and visitors to the island.
There are some 20 buildings on Canna and Sanday, including three churches, one of which has been deconsecrated (see below). There is also a post office which was converted from a garden shed. The Canna tea room, which closed in 2008, reopened in 2010 as the Gille Brighde Cafe and Restaurant. A new resident manager for the island was also appointed in the same year. The island is isolated and the inhabitants must buy their provisions from the mainland, but it has a telephone link, a red telephone box and broadband internet access, although there is no mobile phone coverage. Electricity is provided by a diesel generator, at mainland voltage and frequency, and there is a private water supply. In 2010 a proposal to establish a fish farm off Canna was defeated in a residents' ballot, even though it would have created a number of new jobs.
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