Skye but the meaning of this Gaelic name is unclear. , which means "island of the mist" (a translation of the Norse name), is a poetic Gaelic name for the island. At , Skye is the second-largest island in Scotland after Lewis and Harris. The coastline of Skye is a series of peninsulas and bays radiating out from a centre dominated by the Cuillin hills (Gaelic: ). Malcolm Slesser suggested that its shape "sticks out of the west coast of northern Scotland like a lobster's claw ready to snap at the fish bone of Harris and Lewis" and W. H. Murray,
Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles the concept of isolation is embedded in the "qualitative" definition of a Scottish Munro, from the Scottish Mountaineering Club requirement of "sufficient separation" (instead of prominence). Mountains in Scotland are frequently referred to as "hills" no matter what their height, as reflected in names such as the "Cuillin Hills" and the "Torridon Hills". The "Database of British and Irish Hills" ("DoBIH") was created in 2001 "with the intention of providing a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for British hillwalkers". It is now maintained by a team of eight editors, and is described by the Long Distance Walkers Association as "now the most