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Largest Scottish Islands

Can you name the largest islands that are part of Scotland?
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Last updated: June 27, 2016
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First submittedMay 25, 2016
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square km
Island
2,179
Lewis and Harris
1,656
Skye
9,69
Shetland
875
Mull
620
Islay
523
Mainland, Orkney
432
Arran
367
Jura
320
South Uist
303
North Uist
212
Yell
135
Hoy
122
Bute
121
Unst
105
Rùm
25 Comments
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Level 60
May 25, 2016
First comment, oh wait wrong website. Cool quiz anyway!
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Level 43
May 26, 2016
Must say I am quite proud of myself getting 8 even if I am from the UK ... cleaver quiz
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Level 65
May 26, 2016
Might I say I am quite proud of myself getting 1 even if I am from the US.. :)
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Level 74
Jun 27, 2016
+1. I also tried Inner and Outer Hebrides, but figured they were chains of some type with individual islands whose names I do not know. Anyway, it was a learning moment.
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Level 58
Jul 8, 2016
SAME
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Level 49
Jun 23, 2022
Might I say I am quite proud of myself getting 0 even if I am from the US
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Level 65
Jun 26, 2016
Got them all (I'm a bit of a geek) - surprised Benbecula wasn't on there though. I always thought it was bigger than Rum. Clearly not...
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Level 28
May 24, 2020
I thought so too
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Level 69
Jun 26, 2016
Where are Coll and Tiree?
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Level 91
Jun 26, 2016
In Scotland.
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Level 68
Jun 27, 2016
Two issues:

- the areas you quote are hectares not sq. km (out by a factor of 100)

- the island labelled as Orkney is in fact called Mainland; Orkney refers to the entire island group, that includes Hoy in your list.

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Level 65
Jun 27, 2016
The above is correct, what you've highlighted is 'Mainland', Orkney is the whole group of islands together. It's the same as accepting Outer Hebrides for Lewis and Harris.
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Level ∞
Jun 27, 2016
Fixed
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Level 68
Jun 27, 2016
You missed off Ireland
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Level 47
Jun 28, 2016
I find a lot of quizzes about Scotland do that
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Level 51
Aug 9, 2018
Duh?
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Level 82
Jun 28, 2016
Scotch definitely helped me here.
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Level 51
Feb 18, 2023
I found it to be a hindrance... Hic!
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Level 21
Feb 15, 2017
Great quiz, like the way it was done!

Only got 8, sad result for a Scotsman :(

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Level 68
Sep 11, 2018
Got 8 from an Irish man
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Level 57
Apr 18, 2020
There's an island called Shetland?? Duh! 🤦‍♂️
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Level 73
Apr 3, 2021
Just as above for Orkney, the island identified as Shetland is also Mainland. Shetland refers to the group.
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Level 75
Oct 24, 2021
Isle of Lucy?
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Level 67
Oct 20, 2024
WHat about it
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Level 58
Sep 26, 2022
100% first try, from scotland