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Muck, Scotland
Muck ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Eilean nam Muc), ) is the smallest of four main islands in the Small Isles, part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It measures roughly east to west and has a population of around 30, mostly living near the harbour at Port Mòr. The other settlement on the island is the farm at Gallanach. The island's only road, about long, connects the two.
==Geography==
A causeway and slipway were built at Port Mòr in 2005. This allows vehicles to be driven on and off the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, , which links Muck and the neighbouring Small Isles of Canna, Rùm and Eigg, with the mainland port of Mallaig (2½ hours away). However, visitors are not normally permitted to bring vehicles to the Small Isles. During the summer months the islands are also served by Arisaig Marine's ferry MV ''Sheerwater'' from Arisaig, south of Mallaig.
The island's main hill is Beinn Airein (). Muck is also known for its seal population, and for the porpoises in the surrounding waters. The name may derive from the Gaelic word for porpoise. An earlier owner, who disliked the name, attempted to persuade Samuel Johnson and James Boswell that the authentic name was "Isle of Monk".〔Johnson (1792) p. 96〕
The island's population was 27 as recorded by the 2011 census〔 a drop of 10% since 2001 when there were 31 usual residents. During the same period Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702.〔("Scotland's 2011 census: Island living on the rise" ). BBC News. Retrieved 18 August 2013.〕The island has no church, shop or post office, and, uniquely among Scottish islands with a population of this size, it has no post box. 〔http://dracos.co.uk/made/nearest-postbox/#〕 There is an hotel, Gallanach Lodge, and a range of other holiday accommodation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Isle of Muck )〕 It is featured in the on-line newspaper ''West Word''.
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