Editing Inner Hebrides (section)

===Physical===
{{main|List of Inner Hebrides}}
The ten largest islands are as follows.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:60%; border:0; text-align:left; line-height:150%;"
|-
! style="width:10%;"|Island
! style="width:10%;"|Gaelic name
! style="width:5%;"|Area ([[hectare|ha]])<ref name=area>Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 30, 79, 130, 148 and 182 except estimates from [[Ordnance Survey]] maps as indicated.</ref>
! style="width:5%;"|Population<ref name=NRS/>
! style="width:10%;"|Highest point<ref name=high>Haswell-Smith (2004) and [[Ordnance Survey]] maps.</ref>
! style="width:5%;"|Height (m)<ref name=OS>Ordnance Survey maps.</ref>
! style="width:10%;"|Gaelic Speakers
|-
| [[Coll]]
| ''Colla''
| {{nts|7685}}
| {{nts|195}}
|Ben Hogh
| {{nts|104}}
|
|-
| [[Colonsay]]
| ''Colbhasa''
| {{nts|4074}}
| {{nts|124}}
|Carnan Eoin
| {{nts|143}}
| 20.2% (15)
|-
| [[Eigg]]
| ''Eige''
| {{nts|3049}}
| {{nts|83}}
| [[An Sgurr (Eigg)|An Sgurr]]
| {{nts|393}}
|
|-
| [[Islay]]
| {{sort|Ile|''Ìle''}}
| {{nts|61956}}
| {{nts|3228}}
| [[Beinn Bheigeir]]
| {{nts|491}}
| 19% (613)
|-
| [[Jura, Scotland|Jura]]
| ''Diùra''
| {{nts|36692}}
| {{nts|196}}
| [[Beinn an Òir]]
| {{nts|785}}
|
|-
| [[Lismore, Scotland|Lismore]]
| ''Lios Mor''
| {{nts|2351}}
| {{nts|192}}
| Barr Mòr
| {{nts|127}}
| 26.9% (50)
|-

|-
| [[Isle of Mull|Mull]]
| ''Muile''
| {{nts|87535}}
| {{nts|2800}}
| [[Ben More (Mull)|Ben More]]
| {{nts|966}}
|
|-
| [[Raasay]]
| ''Ratharsair''
| {{nts|6231}}
| {{nts|161}}
| Dùn Caan
| {{nts|444}}
| 30.4% (48)
|-
| [[Rùm]]
| ''Rùm''
| {{nts|10463}}
| {{nts|22}}
| [[Askival]]
| {{nts|812}}
|
|-
| [[Skye]]
| ''An t-Eilean Sgitheanach''<br />or ''Eilean a' Cheò''
| {{nts|165625}}
| {{nts|10008}}
| [[Sgurr Alasdair]]
| {{nts|993}}
| 29.4% (2,942)
|-
| [[Tiree]]
| ''Tiriodh''
| {{nts|7834}}
| {{nts|653}}
| Ben Hynish
| {{nts|141}}
| 38.3% (250)
|-
| TOTAL
|
|
| {{nts|18947}}
|
|
| 20.7% (3,918)
|}
<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/24954480/|publisher=bbc.co.uk|title=Crìonadh mòr sa Ghàidhlig anns na h-Eileanan – Naidheachdan a' BhBC|access-date=15 April 2017|newspaper=Naidheachdan A' Bhbc|date=2013-11-15}}</ref>

The geology and geomorphology of the islands is varied. Some, such as Skye and Mull, are mountainous, whilst others like [[Tiree]] are relatively low-lying. The highest mountains are the [[Cuillin]]s of Skye, although peaks over {{convert|300|m|ft}} are common elsewhere.<ref name=HSTabs/> Much of the coastline is [[Machair (geography)|machair]], a fertile low-lying dune pastureland.<ref>McKirdy et al. (2007) p. 224</ref> Many of the islands are swept by strong tides, and the [[Gulf of Corryvreckan|Corryvreckan tide race]] between [[Scarba]] and Jura is one of the largest whirlpools in the world.<ref>The Corryvreckan is regularly cited as the third largest whirlpool of the world – see for example [http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst10418.html "Corryvreckan Whirlpool "] ''Gazetteer for Scotland''. Retrieved 19 September 2009. Some sources suggest it is the second largest after the [[Moskstraumen]].</ref>

There are various smaller archipelagoes including the [[Ascrib Islands]], [[Crowlin Islands]], [[Slate Islands, Scotland|Slate Islands]], [[Small Isles]], [[Summer Isles]] and [[Treshnish Islands]].

The islands are shown to be important as a region of tidal mixing of coastal water.<ref>D. J. Ellett and A. Edwards, O''ceanography and inshore hydrography of the Inner Hebrides'', Cambridge University Press, 26 July 2012, [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-royal-society-of-edinburgh-section-b-biological-sciences/article/abs/oceanography-and-inshore-hydrography-of-the-inner-hebrides/360FC2DD6A5D05F80A18C901BD9DF87F link].</ref>