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Eilean Glas

United Kingdom

Eilean Glas is a peninsula of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Eilean Glas is home to a historic lighthouse, the Eilean Glas Lighthouse. Eilean Glas means Grey/Green Island in Gaelic. The site is also known as Glass Island. The headland on which the lighthouse stands is named Rubh' an Eorna (or Rubha an Eòrna/Rudha an Eòrna), which is equivalent to 'Point of the Barley'.

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