List of islands of Scotland This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain. Also included are various other related tables and lists. The definition of an offshore island used in this list is that of "land that is surrounded by seawater on a daily basis, but not necessarily at all stages of the tide, excluding human devices such as bridges and causeways".[Note 1] Scotland has over 790 offshore islands, most of which are to be found in four main groups: Shetland, Orkney, and the Hebrides, sub-divided into the Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides.[1] There are also clusters of islands in the Firth of Clyde, Firth of Forth, and Solway Firth, and numerous small islands within the many bodies of fresh water in Scotland including Loch Lomond andLoch Maree. Orkney aerial photomap Sortable table Island Group Area (ha)[2] Population[3] Height (m)[4] Ailsa Craig (Creag Ealasaid) Firth of Clyde 99 0 338 Arran (Eilean Arainn) Firth of Clyde 43,201 5045 874 Auskerry Orkney 85 5 18 Baleshare (Baile Sear) Uists and Barra 910 49 12 Balta Shetland 80 0 44 Barra (Barraigh) Uists and Barra 5,875 1078 383 Barra Head (Beàrnaraigh) Uists and Barra 204 0 193 Benbecula (Beinn nam Fadhla) Uists and Barra 8,203 1219 124 Berneray, North Uist (Beàrnaraigh) Uists and Barra 1,010 136 93