Eilean Mhuire
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Eilean Mhuire is the most easterly of the Shiant Islands in the Outer Hebrides.
Eilean Mhuire from Garbh Eilean
Shiant Islands
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The Shiant Islands or Shiant Isles are a privately owned island group in the Minch, east of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They are five miles southeast of the Isle of Lewis.
Landsat image of the Little Minch. The Shiant Islands are at centre between the much larger islands of Lewis and Harris to the north and west, and the Isle of Skye, to the south.
View from Garbh Eilean, with Eilean an Taighe on the right, and Eilean Mhuire in the distance. This photograph was taken through a "fisheye” (ultra-wide-angle) lens; it is not representative of what an observer on the ground would see.
Sea cave of Toll a' Roimh on Garbh Eilean
Galtachan sunset. From left to right: Galta Beag, unnamed islet, Bodach (with the stooping silhouette of the "old man") Staca Làidir and Galta Mòr.