Eilean dà Mhèinn

Eilean dà Mhèinn, is a small inhabited island in Loch Crinan and one of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

Eilean dà Mhèinn

Scottish Gaelic name	Eilean dà Mhèinn
Meaning of name	island of two mines
Eilean dà Mhèinn in Loch Crinan
Location
Eilean dà Mhèinn Eilean dà Mhèinn shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference	NR781944
Coordinates	56.091°N 5.567°W / 56.091; -5.567
Physical geography
Island group	Islay
Area	c. 3 ha (7 acres)
Highest elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Administration
Council area	Argyll and Bute
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	4[1]
Population rank	82= [2]
References	[3]

It is about 100 metres (330 ft) to the west of the village of Crinan in Knapdale at high tide and only a fraction of that distance from the mainland shore at low tide.^[3]

Although apparently not permanently inhabited in 2001^[4] according to the 2011 census there was a single inhabitant at that time.^[5] The 2022 census recorded the resident population as four. It has a landing stage on the eastern shore and a building near the centre of the island.^[3] The crowded harbour at Crinan has so many moorings that "it is no longer possible to anchor to the south or east" of the island.^[6]

Eilean dà Mhèinn is part of the Knapdale National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.^[7]