Mull

Mull (Scottish Gaelic: Muile, pronounced [ˈmulʲə]) is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides (after Skye). It lies off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute.

Mull

Norse name	Myl
Meaning of name	pre-Gaelic
Tobermory waterfront
Physical geography
Island group	Mull
Area	875.35 square kilometres (337.97 sq mi)
Area rank	4 [1]
Highest elevation	Ben More 966 m
Administration
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Council area	Argyll and Bute
Demographics
Population	2990 (2011 Census)
Population rank	8 [1]
Population density	3.2 people/km2[2]
Largest settlement	Tobermory
References	[3]

It has an area of 875.35 square kilometres (337.97 sq mi). Mull is the fourth largest Scottish island and the fourth largest island surrounding Great Britain (excluding Ireland).

In the 2011 census the usual population of Mull was 2,800.^[2] In the summer there are also many tourists.^[4] Much of the population lives in Tobermory, the only burgh on the island until 1973, and its capital.

Tobermory is also home to Mull's only single malt Scotch whisky distillery: Tobermory distillery (formerly Ledaig).^[5]