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Isle Of Cumbrae
Great Cumbrae (also known as Great Cumbrae Island, Cumbrae or the Isle of Cumbrae) is the bigger of both islands known as The Cumbraes in the reduced Firth of Clyde in western Scotland. Home to the National Watersports Centre, the Cathedral of the Isles as well as the University Marine Biological Station, Millport, the holiday island has an 18-hole golf links which sweeps virtually to the summit, and a round-island road much favoured for household cycle runs. The island is approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long by 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) vast, rising to an elevation of 127 metres (417 ft) above sea level at "The Glaid Stone" - a big, naturally happening rock perched on the highest top on the island. There is a triangulation column nearby, along with a positioning factor which shows the locations of bordering sites. Millport, the island's only town, is spread around a bay that makes up the whole south shore of the island. The normal island population of 1,376 as recorded by the 2011 census was a mild autumn from the 2001 figure of 1,434. The population increases significantly during the summer visitor season because of the high percentage of second residences.