Scarba

Scarba () is an island, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, just north of the much larger island of Jura. The island has not been permanently inhabited since the 1960s.

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Scottish island.location_map: Scotland Argyll and Bute
Scottish island.caption: Scarba shown within Argyll and Bute
Scottish island.GridReference: NM690044
Scottish island.Image: Cruach Scarba - geograph.org.uk - 725175.jpg
Scottish island.ImageCaption: Cruach Scarba
Scottish island.celtic name: Sgarba
Scottish island.norse name: Skarpoe
Scottish island.meaning of name: Old Norse for "sharp, stony, hilly terrain"
Scottish island.area rank: 39
Scottish island.highest elevation: Cruach Scarba
Scottish island.Population: Not permanently inhabited since the 1960s
Scottish island.main settlement: Kilmory Lodge
Scottish island.island group: Islay
Scottish island.local authority: Argyll and Bute
Mountain.name: Cruach Scarba
Mountain.other_name: ()
Mountain.elevation_m: 449
Mountain.prominence_m: 449

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Population: 0
Area: 14.74
Elevation: 449
Image: Scarba-ridge.jpg
Width: 4
Length: 5

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Commons category: Scarba
topographic prominence: 449

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Scarba () is an island, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, just north of the much larger island of Jura. The island has not been permanently inhabited since the 1960s.

Until his death in 2013 it was owned by Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys; its owner now is Shane Cadzow who farms Luing cattle on the nearby island of Luing and grazes some of the cattle on Scarba. Kilmory Lodge is available for rental as holiday accommodation, and is used seasonally as a shooting lodge, the island having a flourishing herd of red deer.