Eriska
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| Location | |
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| OS grid reference | NM902429 |
| Coordinates | 56°31′55″N 5°24′43″W / 56.532°N 5.412°W |
| Name | |
| Name meaning | 'water nymph island' or 'Erik's island' |
| Old Norse name | Aoraisge |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Loch Linnhe |
| Area | 145 hectares (360 acres) |
| Area rank | 124= |
Highest elevation | 47 metres (154 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Argyll and Bute |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 21 |
| Population rank | 59= |
| Population density | 6.8/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| References | |
Eriska is a relatively flat tidal island at the entrance to Loch Creran on the west coast of Scotland.
Privately owned by the Buchanan-Smiths from 1973 until August 2016, Eriska is now owned by Creation Gem, a family-owned business from Hong Kong. The island is run as a hotel with wooded grounds. The island is evidently populated although no record for the total was provided by the census in 2001 or 2011. In 2022 the resident population was recorded by the census as 21.