Soyea Island

Soyea Island or Soyea is an uninhabited rocky island at the mouth of Loch Inver, in Assynt, Sutherland, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. It is west of Lochinver and south-southwest of Achmelvich. The Broad Rocks extend up to from the eastern edge of Soyea Island. Measuring approximately from east to west, its area is and it rises to an elevation of. Soyea marks the entrance of the fishing harbour of Lochinver. Soyea Island has a yellow pedestal light on it.

History

The name "Soyea" is Old Norse and means "Sheep-isle" or "Sea island". In 1881 it was recorded as a pastoral islet. In the 1920s, Soyea had a colony of Abraxas grossulariata which were rare on the mainland.