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Gaelic name: Eilean an Inbhire Bhàin

Name in Original Source: Eilean an Inbhire Bhàin

English meaning: Island of the fair/white river mouth

Placename feature: Island

Notes: A small island sitting to the east of the river estuary which gives it its name. Also called I. Aninaver, in other words Eilean an Inbhir (MacKenzie's The north part of Sky Island and the adjacent main of Scotland, 1775)

W. J. Watson's notes:

Map name appears in: OS 1880, 1905 Sheet XCI

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.531553,-5.687647

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