Canna, one of the Argyllshire Hebrides, 12 miles SW. of Skye, and 3 NW. of Rum. It is 4½ miles long, 1 mile broad, and 4½ sq. m. in area. The surface, nowhere higher than 800 feet, consists of trap. A hill here of basalt, called Compass Hill, reverses the magnetic needle. Pop., with adjoining island of Sanday, 1 sq. m. in area, (1841) 225; (1891) 102, mostly Catholic.
Canna
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 709
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