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The freshwater islands in Scotland include those within freshwater lochs and rivers – including tidal areas, so the islands may not always be surrounded by freshwater. It has been estimated that there are at least 31,460 freshwater lochs in Scotland and that 1.9% of the land surface is covered by fresh waters. The distribution has a north west to south east gradient with the highest concentrations occurring in the islands of the Outer Hebrides.〔("Botanical survey of Scottish freshwater lochs" ) SNH Information and Advisory Note Number 4. Retrieved 1 January 2010.〕 The more notable freshwater islands include Lochindorb Castle Island, Loch Leven Castle Island, St Serf's Inch, and Inchmahome, each of which have had a role to play in Scottish history.〔Coventry (2008) p. 154〕〔("Lochindorb Castle" ) Canmore. Retrieved 28 April 2010.〕〔Barrow, G.W.S. (2003) "The Judex" pp. 57–67〕〔("Inchmahome Priory" ) Historic Scotland. Retrieved 28 April 2010.〕 Inchmurrin, the largest freshwater island in the British Isles, is in Loch Lomond, which contains thirty or more other islands.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Loch Lomond Islands – Inchmurrin )〕 Various names are used repeatedly. "Inch" or ''Innis'' is a Scots word that can mean "island" (although it is also used for ''terra firma'' surrounded by marsh). Similarly, ''Eilean'' is the Gaelic for "island". "-holm" is a common suffix for offshore islands in the north of Scotland and is derived from the Old Norse ''holmr'', meaning "a small and rounded islet".〔Mac an Tàilleir (2003) various pages.〕〔For example, Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 96, 104, 375.〕〔Fellows-Jensen, Gillian ("On dalr and holmr in the place-names of Britain" ) Ramsdale.org. Retrieved 29 April 2010.〕 This list excludes artificial crannógs and the numerous small freshwater islands with no recorded name. ==Larger islands== This table includes all of the freshwater islands that exceed in size and/or are populated. Inchlonaig and Inchcruin are classified by the National Records of Scotland as "inhabited islands but had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses."〔 It is likely that Contin Island and Eilean Aigas are inhabited, at least from time to time as well, although they were not listed as such by the Census in 2001 or 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of freshwater islands in Scotland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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