Eilean Bàn
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Eilean Bàn (Scottish Gaelic meaning White Island) is a six acre island off the coast of mainland Scotland, between Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, in Highland, at around .
Eilean Bàn hosts a lighthouse built by David and Thomas Stevenson, and an otter sanctuary; and supports a column of the Skye Bridge.
Eilean Bàn was home to Gavin Maxwell, commemorated by a museum there; and to John Lister-Kaye, who wrote his book The White Island (Longman, 1972), ISBN 0582109035) about his time there, working for Maxwell.
