Texa
Sign in to saveAlso known as Teugsa
Texa () is a small island directly south of Islay, in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It reaches a height of at its highest point, Ceann Garbh. It is part of the parish of Kildalton, in the council area of Argyll and Bute. The distilleries of Laphroaig and Lagavulin are nearby on the Islay coast, as well as Port Ellen. It is currently uninhabited, but is home to wild goats, as well as otters.
Key facts
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Argyll and Bute
- Scottish island.caption
- Texa shown within Argyll and Bute
- Scottish island.Image
- Texa Island.jpg
- Scottish island.ImageCaption
- Ceann Garbh, the summit of the island
- Scottish island.GridReference
- NR392437
- Scottish island.celtic name
- Teugsa
- Scottish island.area rank
- 207
- Scottish island.highest elevation
- Ceann Garbh,
- Scottish island.Population
- 0
- Scottish island.island group
- Islay
- Scottish island.local authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Scottish island.gaelic pronunciation
- "CHAYK-sa"
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Inner Hebrides
- Official name
- Texa
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Argyll and Bute
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 0.48
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Texa Island.jpg
- Width
- 0.6
- Length
- 1.3
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Texa
- located in/on physical feature
- Inner Hebrides
- historic county
- Argyll
- native label
- Texa
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Geology
- History
- Church history
- Miscellaneous
- See also
- Notes and references
- Further reading
- External links
Texa () is a small island directly south of Islay, in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It reaches a height of at its highest point, Ceann Garbh. It is part of the parish of Kildalton, in the council area of Argyll and Bute. The distilleries of Laphroaig and Lagavulin are nearby on the Islay coast, as well as Port Ellen. It is currently uninhabited, but is home to wild goats, as well as otters.
==Geology== The island has its own fresh water supply at Tobar Moireig. The rock is mainly schist and some hornblende.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Texa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
4 mapped locations