# Neave Island

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{{short description|Island off the north coast of Scotland}}
{{distinguish|text=[Nave Island](/source/Nave_Island) near [Islay](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Highland_(council_area)) / Islands of [Sutherland](/source/Sutherland)
|local authority=[Highland](/source/Highland_(council_area))
|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](/source/Highland_(council_area)), on the north coast of the [Scottish](/source/Scotland) mainland.

Neave Island is a small rugged island to the east of [Eilean nan Ròn](/source/Eilean_nan_R%C3%B2n) 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](/source/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](/source/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)

{{Sutherland-geo-stub}}

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