title: Longa Island
text: # Longa Island
  
  Longa Island (Gaelic: Longa) is a small uninhabited island at the mouth of Loch Gairloch, on the west coast of Scotland. Longa is nearly one mile (1.5 kilometres) in length with an area of 126 hectares (310 acres) and a maximum elevation of 70 metres (230 ft) above sea level.
  
  ## Geology
  
  The island is mainly sandstone covered with grass and heather.
  
  ## Economy
  
  In the early nineteenth century, there was a small fishing community, but by the late nineteenth century, the island had become deserted. Today only sheep graze the island in the summer months.
  
  * Longa Island, across the Caolas Beag
  * Shags on Sron na Caillich
  * Unmapped Sea Cave Below An Raon
  * Camus na Rainich
  