Glas Eileanan, Sound Of Mull
Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glas Eileanan, Sound Of Mull
Classification Beacon (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 294216
Site Number NM73NW 20
NGR NM 71512 39977
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Morvern
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NM73SW 20 71512 39777
NLO: Glas Eileanan [name: NM 715 399]
Sound of Mull [name centred NM 58 46].
The projecting skerry and reefs of Glas Eileanan are situated in the centre of the ESE entrance to the Sound of Mull; the main navigation channel passes to the NE. Projecting reefs extend for about 0.5nm from NW to SE, rising from a depth of between 65 and 75m (to the NE). To the SW, a complex of reefs in about 15m depth of water extends from Glas eileanan to the Sgeir nan Gobhar, at the SE end of Scallastle Bay.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 April 2008.
UKHO chart no. 2390 (1976, amended 1991).
