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__NOTOC__ Eileanan Chearabhaigh is a collection of small uninhabited tidal islands off the south east coast of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The English language name Keiravagh Islands is sometimes used.〔Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 249〕 Bounded by the tidal waters of Loch Chearabhaigh to the north and Loch a' Laip to the south, the land area of the group defies a simple description. At low tide the islands form a peninsula with a total area of about , which is connected to Benbecula by drying sands. At high tide the connection to Benbecula is lost and a number of small islets stretching for over from east to west appear, the largest of which is about in extent. None of these individual islets are named by the Ordnance Survey. Argyll Yacht Charters supply a table of islands statistics that list the "Kiervagh islands" as being in extent, although the method of measurement is not explicit.〔(Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland ) (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.〕 The uninhabited island of Wiay lies to the south and fish farming is undertaken in the productive waters of Loch a' Laip and Loch Chearabhaigh.〔〔("Portfolio Management" ) page 34. Crown Estate. Retrieved 16 April 2011.〕 Loch a' Laip also provides shelter for visiting water craft but the area is strewn with rocks and skerries. There is a pier on Benbecula served by a track at the western end of Eileanan Chearabhaigh and another to the south at Eilean na Cille, although their use without local knowledge is not advised.〔〔Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 250〕 ==See also== Nearby islands with a similarly complex geography: * Ceallasaigh Mòr * Eileanan Iasgaich 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eileanan Chearabhaigh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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