Isle Of Cumbrae
Great Cumbrae (also known as Great Cumbrae Island, Cumbrae or the Isle of Cumbrae) is the larger of the two islands known as The Cumbraes in the reduced Firth of Clyde in western Scotland. House 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 almost to the top, and a round-island road much favoured for household cycle runs. The island is roughly 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long by 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide, rising to an elevation of 127 metres (417 feet) over sea level at "The Glaid Stone" - a huge, naturally occurring rock perched on the highest top on the island. There is a triangulation column nearby, as well as a positioning point which shows the locations of bordering sites. Millport, the island's only town, is spread around a bay which makes up the entire south coastline of the island. The normal island population of 1,376 as recorded by the 2011 census was a mild fall from the 2001 figure of 1,434. The population boosts significantly during the summer vacationer season because of the high percentage of 2nd homes.