Soay, Skye Elgol. The island is part of the Cuillin Hills National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. The name derives from Old Norse "Sauða-ey" meaning "Sheep Island". Camas nan Gall (G: "Bay of Foreigners") is probably named after the Norse invaders, after whom the Hebrides ("Na h-Innse Gall") are also named. The population peaked at 158 in 1851, following eviction of crofters from Skye in the Highland Clearances. In 1946, author Gavin Maxwell bought the island and established a factory to process shark oil from basking sharks. The enterprise was unsuccessful, lasting just three years. Maxwell wrote about it in
Hills in the Puget Lowland counties) Whidbey Island and Camano Island are islands in Puget Sound and form the bulk of Island County. The Blue Hills of the Kitsap Peninsula are unusual in that they are composed of basalt bedrock, not glacial till. Bainbridge Island is an island in Puget Sound. Landforms in South Puget Sound (Thurston and Mason counties) The Issaquah Alps Bellevue, Issaquah and Newcastle on the Eastside are considered part of the Cascades foothills by many authors. They are basalt intrusions possibly related to the Blue Hills of the Kitsap Peninsula. Highest point Tiger Mountain summit, . The Anacortes Community Forest Lands