Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Sanda

Sanda, island, Southend par., Argyllshire, at W. side of entrance to Firth of Clyde, 1¾ mile S. of Kintyre peninsula, pop. 14; measures ¾ by 1¼ mile; greatest alt. 405 ft.; has a lighthouse 48 ft. high, with occulting light 165 ft. above high water and seen 18 miles.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Southend ScoP       Argyll ScoCnty
Place: Sanda

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