Editing Scarba (section)

{{Short description|Island in Argyll and Bute, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Scottish island
|location_map=Scotland Argyll and Bute
|caption=Scarba shown within Argyll and Bute
|GridReference=NM690044
|coordinates = {{coord|56.177|-5.72|display=inline}}
|Image=Cruach Scarba - geograph.org.uk - 725175.jpg
|ImageCaption=Cruach Scarba
|celtic name=Sgarba
|gaelic pronunciation={{IPA|gd|ˈs̪kaɾapə||Sgarba.ogg}}
|norse name= Skarpoe
|meaning of name=  Old Norse for "sharp, stony, hilly terrain"
|area=  {{cvt|1474|ha|sqmi|frac=8}}
|area rank=39  
|highest elevation= Cruach Scarba {{cvt|449|m|ft|0}}
|Population=Not permanently inhabited since the 1960s
|population rank=
|main settlement=Kilmory Lodge
|island group=[[Islay]]
|local authority=[[Argyll and Bute]]
|references=<ref>{{NRS1C}}</ref><ref name=Smith>Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 60</ref><ref>{{Ordnance Survey}}</ref>
}}

'''Scarba''' ({{langx|gd|Sgarba}}) is an island, in [[Argyll and Bute]], Scotland, just north of the much larger island of [[Jura, Scotland|Jura]].  The island has not been permanently inhabited since the 1960s.<ref name=Smith/>  

Until his death in 2013 it was owned by [[Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys]]; its owner now is Shane Cadzow who farms [[Luing cattle]] on the nearby island of [[Luing]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://whoownsscotland.org.uk/property-map/ | title=Property Map &#124; Who Owns Scotland }}</ref> and [[grazing|grazes]] some of the cattle on Scarba.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.incheochfarm.co.uk/2020/08/26/lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-amet-consectetur-adipiscing-elit/ | title=The 'In Thing' is Luing | date=26 August 2020 }}</ref>  Kilmory Lodge is used seasonally as a shooting lodge, the island having a flourishing herd of [[red deer]].

The island's name is from the [[Old Norse|Norse]] and may mean "sharp, stony, hilly terrain"<ref name=Smith/> or "cormorant island".<ref name=M104>Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 104</ref>