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{{Short description|Island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Scottish island |Image=Gylen Castle, Kerrera - geograph.org.uk - 1640107.jpg |ImageCaption=[[Gylen Castle]] |coordinates = {{coord|56|23|53|N|05|32|19|W|display=inline,title}} |location_map=Scotland Argyll and Bute |caption=Kerrera shown within Argyll and Bute |GridReference=NM813281 |celtic name=Cearrara |gaelic pronunciation={{IPA|gd|ˈkʲʰarˠəɾə||Cearrara.ogg}} |norse name= Kjarbarey |meaning of name= Norse for 'Kjarbar's island' or possibly 'copse island' |area= {{cvt|1214|ha|sqmi|frac=8}} |area rank=44 |highest elevation= Carn Breugach {{cvt|189|m|ft|0}} |Population=34<ref name=NRS>{{NRS1C}}</ref> |population density ={{cvt|2.8|PD/km2}}<ref name=NRS/><ref name=Smith/> |population rank=57 |main settlement=[[Balliemore]] |island group= [[Isle of Mull|Mull]] |local authority=[[Argyll and Bute]] |references=<ref name=Smith>{{Haswell-Smith}}</ref><ref name=MacanT>{{Gaelic Placenames}}</ref><ref>{{Ordnance Survey}}</ref><ref>{{Orkneyinga}}</ref> }} '''Kerrera''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɛ|r|ə|r|ə}} {{respell|KERR|ə|rə}}; {{langx|gd|Cearara}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=843 | title=Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland database | publisher=[[Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba]] | access-date=1 December 2012 | archive-date=21 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221065145/http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=843 | url-status=dead }}</ref> or ''Cearrara''<ref name=MacanT/>) is an island in the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Inner Hebrides]], close to the town of [[Oban]]. In 2016 it had a population of 45, divided into two communities in the north and south of the island.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/divided-island-seeks-funds-for-first-road-zxfc86xgd|title=Divided island seeks funds for first road|last=Humphries|first=Will|date=2016-12-14|newspaper=The Times|url-access=subscription |access-date=2016-12-14}}</ref>
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