Bac Beag

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Scottish Gaelic nameBac Beag
Meaning of namelittle bank or obstacle
Coordinates56°27′04″N 6°28′59″W / 56.451°N 6.483°W / 56.451; -6.483
Bac Beag
Scottish Gaelic nameBac Beag
Meaning of namelittle bank or obstacle
Location
Bac Beag is located in Mull
Bac Beag
Bac Beag
Bac Beag shown relative to Mull
OS grid referenceNM238377
Coordinates56°27′04″N 6°28′59″W / 56.451°N 6.483°W / 56.451; -6.483
Physical geography
Island groupTreshnish Isles
Areaha
Highest elevation m
Administration
Council areaArgyll and Bute
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population0
Lymphad
References[1][2][3]

Bac Beag is a Scottish island, one of the Treshnish Isles in the Inner Hebrides.

Bac Beag and Bac Mòr

The Gaelic name has several possible interpretations. The meaning of Beag clearly means “small” (as opposed to Bac Mòr, its larger sister), but the word Bac can mean either a "bank", or an "obstacle" or "hindrance".

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