Harlosh Island is an island in Loch Bracadale

Loch Bracadale

Loch Bracadale is a sea loch on the west coast of Skye in Scotland.Loch Bracadale and its associated inner lochs - Harport, Vatten, Caroy, Bharcasaig, na Faolinn and Loch Beag - form one of the largest areas of semi-enclosed inshore waters around the Skye coast. The shallow waters are exploited for...

 just off the coast of the Minginish

Minginish

Minginish is a peninsula on the island of Skye in Scotland. It is situated in south central Skye, between Loch Scavaig and Glen Drynoch in the west and Loch Harport and Glen Sligachan in the south and east. It includes most of the peaks of the Cuillin hills including Sgurr Alasdair, the highest...

 and Harlosh

Harlosh

Harlosh is a settlement on the island of Skye off the west coast of Scotland. The settlement is on a peninsula of the same name.Situated at the end of a narrow peninsula between Lochs Caroy and Bharcasaig , Harlosh is some from the village of Dunvegan. Harlosh Island and Tarner Island lie just...

 peninsulas of Skye

Skye

Skye or the Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills...

 in Scotland.

The island is about 34 hectares (84 acre) in extent and the coastline, which is largely cliff-lined, has a cave on the west coast. At low tide it is only about 100 metres (328.1 ft) from mainland Skye. Harlosh Skerry lies just offshore to the north west.

The name "Harlosh" is of Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

origin and may refer to a river mouth, although the meaning is not clear.