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Rum (often spelt Rùm) is a small island in the Small Islands in the Inner Hebrides. The population ia around 22 as of 2017.

RumLandsat
Landsat satellite view.

Images for kids

  • Waterfall on South Coast of Rum - geograph.org.uk - 41742

    Coastal waterfall

  • RumLandsat

    Landsat satellite view of Rùm

  • Bealach an Oir to the slopes of Trollaval - geograph.org.uk - 184941

    Trollaval

  • Bloodstone Hill, Rum

    The west coast looking from A' Bhrideanach point towards Bloodstone Hill

  • Perched boulder - geograph.org.uk - 28858

    Deposits from the ice age

  • Loch Papadil - geograph.org.uk - 1759307

    Loch Papadil. The promontory fort is to the right

  • Stone at Bagh na h-Uamha inscribed with Cross - geograph.org.uk - 29667

    The inscribed pillar near Bagh na h-Uamha

  • Deeply fractured coastline - geograph.org.uk - 904383

    Deeply fractured coastline

  • Loch Fiachanis, Rum

    Loch Fiachanis in the interior, looking towards the Cuillin

  • Rum - Orval from the SW (geograph 2374377)

    The slopes of Orval

  • Red Deer on Kilmory Beach - geograph.org.uk - 1491568

    Red deer on Kilmory Beach

  • Kilmory Glen - geograph.org.uk - 410912

    Open expanse, near Kilmory, historically the main settlement

  • Mountain goat on the shore of Loch Scresort (geograph 4965112)

    Mountain goat at Loch Scresort

  • Ruins at Port-na-Caranean (geograph 2920676)

    Ruins of a village on Rùm

  • Bloodstone Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1069130

    A shepherd's bothy, in a remote part of Rùm

  • Lime Kiln and Pier at Kinloch, Rum - geograph.org.uk - 153157

    Salisbury's lime-kiln

  • Lord Salisbury's Dam - geograph.org.uk - 28860

    Salisbury's dam

  • MausoleumAtHarrisWithRumCullins(LisaJ)Apr2006

    Bullough mausoleum at Harris on Rùm, with the Rùm Cullin in the distance

  • Kinloch Castle - geograph.org.uk - 2506621

    Kinloch Castle

  • River and bridge at Kinloch Castle (geograph 3130850)

    Bridge in the Castle grounds

  • Red deer

    Red deer (Cervus elaphus)

  • Rum Ponies - geograph.org.uk - 151595

    Rùm ponies

  • Greylag Geese (Anser anser) (geograph 2919191)

    Greylag Geese

  • Mountain Everlasting on Rum - geograph.org.uk - 1471286

    Mountain everlasting (on Rùm)

  • Thrift growing above beach at Samhnan Insir - geograph.org.uk - 997316

    Thrift on a beach (on Rùm)

  • Before the slipway.... - Flickr - Graham Grinner Lewis

    The old ferry pier at Kinloch

  • Eigg-and-Rum-from-mainland

    The Rùm Cuillin from Moidart, with Eigg in the middle distance

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Rùm para niños

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