Muck is the smallest of the Small Isles, part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It measures roughly 2.5 miles east to west and has a population of around 30, mostly living near the harbour at Port Mór. The other settlement on the island is the farm at Gallanach. The island's only road, about 1.5 miles in length connects the two. The Small Isles are a group of islands considered part of the British Isles, lying in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. ... The Inner Hebrides are a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. ... Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ...

Ferries sail from Port Mór to Canna, Rum and Eigg, and to Mallaig and Arisaig on the mainland. This article is about the Scottish island of Canna. ... Rum is one of the Small Isles, part of the British Isles. ... Eigg is one of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. ... Mallaig is a port on the west coast of the Highlands in Scotland. ... Arisaig is a small village in the Highlands on the west coast of Scotland. ...

The island's main hill is Beinn Airein. Muck is also known for its seal population, and for the porpoises in the surrounding waters. The name may derive from the Gaelic work for porpoise. An earlier owner, who disliked the name, attempted to persuade Samuel Johnson and James Boswell that the authentic name was Isle of Monk. subfamilies Otariidae Phocidae Odobenidae Pinnipeds are large marine mammals belonging to the Pinnipedia, a family (sometimes a suborder or superfamily, depending on the classification scheme) of the order Carnivora. ... Genera Neophocaena Phocoena - Harbor porpoises Phocoenoides - Dalls porpoises The porpoises are small cetaceans of the family Phocoenidae; they are related to whales and dolphins. ...