Tanera Mòr
| Gaelic name | Tannara Mòr |
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| Meaning of name | "Harbour island", from Norse |
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 Tanera Mòr
Tanera Mòr shown within Scotland
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| OS grid reference | NB992067 |
| Coordinates | 58°01′N 5°25′W / 58.01°N 5.42°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Summer Isles |
| Area | 310 hectares (1.20 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 86 |
| Highest elevation | Meall Mòr 124 metres (407 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Highland |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 4 (2013) 0 (2014) |
| Population rank | 77= (2013) |
| Population density | 3.2 people/km2 |
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Tanera Mòr (Scottish Gaelic: Tannara Mòr) is an uninhabited (previously inhabited) island in Loch Broom in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the largest of the Summer Isles and was the last inhabited island in that group. Tanera Mòr has issued its own postage stamps and was the location of Frank Fraser Darling's book Island Years. In 2014 it was reported that the island's permanent residents had left and that it is for sale for £1.95 million.
Tanera Mòr is around 310 hectares (766 acres) and reaches a height of 124 metres (407 feet). The highest hill is Meall Mòr (a common Scottish mountain name, meaning a "big rounded hill").
The rock is Torridonian sandstone covered with peat and pasture.
The island was a port for herring fishing, and suffered the decline of that industry. The two settlements were known as Ardnagoine and Garadheancal.
In 1881, there were no fewer than 118 people living on Tanera Mòr, all of whom had left in 1931 (one year after St Kilda was abandoned). Permanent habitation has been intermittent since then, with six people identified as resident in 1961, eight in 1981, none in 1991 and then five at the 2001 census and four in 2011. Many of the old cottages have been renovated, and are now used as holiday accommodation.
In September 2012, it was revealed that the island's owners Lizzie and Richard Williams were considering a community buyout with residents on the mainland nearby. The price to the Coigach development trust has been assessed at £2.6 million. This proposal did not progress, however, and the island was placed on the open market in May 2013 for £2.5 million. By 2014 the price had been dropped to £1.95 million by owners Richard and Lizzie Williams, who have moved to the mainland.
Tanera Mòr is home to a salmon fish farm, several holiday cottages, a small sailing school, a café and a post office, which has operated its own local post and printed its own stamps since 1970. The island has no roads and the only recognisable path goes around An Acarsaid ("The Anchorage"), the sheltered bay on the east side of the island. Tanera Mòr, like the other Summer Isles, can be seen from the Stornoway to Ullapool ferry. The island can be reached by boat from either Achiltibuie in Wester Ross, or Ullapool.
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