{{short description|Island off the north coast of Scotland}} {{distinguish|text=Nave Island near Islay}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Scottish island |location_map=Scotland Highland |caption=Neave Island shown within Highland Scotland |coordinates = {{coord|58.54|-4.29|display=inline}} |GridReference=NC663643 |celtic name= Eilean na Naoimh or Eilean na Coomb<ref name="gaz">{{cite web| url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst10349.html| title=Coomb Island| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| accessdate=1 July 2025}}</ref> |norse name= |meaning of name= Holy island<ref name="Smith">{{Haswell-Smith|203}}</ref> |area= {{convert|30|ha|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name=Rick>[http://www.argyll-yachtcharters.co.uk/Scottish%20Islands.pdf Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland] (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.</ref> |area rank= |highest elevation= {{convert|70|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |Population= 0 |population rank= |main settlement= |island group= Highland / Islands of Sutherland |local authority=Highland |references=<ref>{{Ordnance Survey}}</ref> |Image=Neave Island - geograph.org.uk - 4368211.jpg }} '''Neave Island''' ({{langx|gd|Eilean na Naoimh}}, "Isle of the Saint") or '''Coomb(e) Island''' is an island in the council area of Highland, on the north coast of the Scottish mainland.
Neave Island is a small rugged island to the east of Eilean nan Ròn in Sutherland, separated from the mainland by a narrow channel, Caol Beag.<ref name="gaz"/> It is just over {{convert|1/2|mi|m|abbr=off}} offshore from the mainland settlement of Skerray and is known for its sandy beach on the far eastern end of the island.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/4629/An_island_to_myself.html| title=An island to myself| date=28 May 2008| author=| publisher=John o'Groat Journal| accessdate=22 November 2009}}</ref> There are remains of an ancient church, identified as St. Coloumba's Church on an 1874 map of the island.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/25162103@N04/2390062811/| title=Neave Island| author=Scotflyer / Alan Moar| publisher=Flickr| accessdate=22 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurehistory10349.html | title=Historical perspective for Coomb Island| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| accessdate=22 November 2009}}</ref>
==Footnotes== {{Reflist}} {{Islands of Scotland}} {{Commons category|Neave Island}} {{coord|58|32|48|N|4|17|53|W|region:GB_type:isle|display=title}}
Category:Islands of Sutherland Category:Uninhabited islands of Highland (council area)
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