Inhabited, west coast, Scottish islands - Raasay.
Continuing south to north and east to west, the next inhabited island on my list, since Scalpay (Skye) is uninhabited, is Raasay. Raasay is a smallish island north of Skye’s north coast (see my post on Soay (I think it was) regarding my definition of Skye’s coastline). It sits roughly north to south and is about 14 miles long but only three miles wide at it’s widest (one article I read claimed 5 miles wide but 3 seems to be the consensus). It is shaped rather like the flame of a lit match: rounded and blunt at it’s southern end tapering to point at it’s northern, slightly twisted, end. Raasay is basically a ridge of hill, higher in the middle and at it the southern end but slowly tapering off, elevation wise, at it’s northern end. The highest point of the ridge is the flat topped summit of Dun Caan, standing at 1457 ft (444 meters). Although sitting north of Skye, it’s west coast is almost parallel to Skye’s Trotternish peninsula. This is because Skye’s north coast twists from running ...