| Table 2.1 Land area, inland water, coastline and urban area, by unitary authority, 19981,2 |
| Area | | | | Total area km2 | Urban area km2 | Inland water km2 | | Land area km2 | Total coastline3 km | Undeveloped coastline3 km | | Developed coastline3, 4 km |
| Scotland | | | 78,790 | | 2,056 | | 1,492 | 77,298 | | 13,115 | | 12,947 | | | 169 |
| Aberdeen City | | | 185 | | 50 | | 0 | 185 | | 34 | | 29 | | | 5 |
| Aberdeenshire | | | 6,317 | | 126 | | 10 | 6,307 | | 225 | | 218 | | | 7 |
| Angus | | | | 2,185 | | 50 | | 9 | 2,176 | | 74 | | 71 | | | 3 |
| Argyll and Bute | | | 7,008 | | 98 | | 149 | 6,859 | | 2,704 | | 2,698 | | | 6 |
| Clackmannanshire | | | 159 | | 14 | | 1 | 158 | | 20 | | 20 | | | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | | 6,440 | | 87 | | 41 | 6,399 | | 467 | | 462 | | | 5 |
| Dundee City | | | 60 | | 36 | | 0 | 60 | | 15 | | 2 | | | 13 |
| East Ayrshire | | | 1,269 | | 36 | | 12 | 1,257 | | 0 | | 0 | | | 0 |
| East Dunbartonshire | | | 175 | | 26 | | 1 | 174 | | 0 | | 0 | | | 0 |
| East Lothian | | | 682 | | 34 | | 2 | 680 | | 82 | | 78 | | | 4 |
| East Renfrewshire | | | 174 | | 21 | | 5 | 169 | | 0 | | 0 | | | 0 |
| Edinburgh, City of | | | 264 | | 102 | | 1 | 263 | | 46 | | 26 | | | 20 |
| Eilean Siar5 | | | 3,080 | | 90 | | 187 | 2,893 | | 2,421 | | 2,420 | | | 2 |
| Falkirk | | | | 298 | | 44 | | 1 | 297 | | 43 | | 40 | | | 3 |
| Fife | | | | 1,331 | | 117 | | 9 | 1322 | | 211 | | 187 | | | 24 |
| Glasgow City | | | 175 | | 120 | | 1 | 174 | | 22 | | 10 | | | 11 |
| Highland | | | 26,140 | | 294 | | 731 | 25,409 | | 3,564 | | 3,547 | | | 17 |
| Inverclyde | | | 163 | | 26 | | 4 | 159 | | 33 | | 26 | | | 8 |
| Midlothian | | | 356 | | 23 | | 3 | 353 | | 0 | | 0 | | | 0 |
| Moray | | | | 2,241 | | 42 | | 4 | 2,237 | | 105 | | 104 | | | 1 |
| North Ayrshire | | | 888 | | 49 | | 4 | 884 | | 204 | | 191 | | | 13 |
| North Lanarkshire | | | 472 | | 73 | | 6 | 466 | | 0 | | 0 | | | 0 |
| Orkney Islands | | | 1,018 | | 32 | | 33 | 985 | | 926 | | 923 | | | 2 |
| Perth and Kinross | | | 5,387 | | 79 | | 116 | 5,271 | | 71 | | 60 | | | 11 |
| Renfrewshire | | | 261 | | 45 | | 4 | 257 | | 22 | | 21 | | | 1 |
| Scottish Borders | | | 4,743 | | 79 | | 15 | 4,728 | | 37 | | 37 | | | 0 |
| Shetland Islands | | | 1,465 | | 36 | | 33 | 1,432 | | 1,633 | | 1,633 | | | 0 |
| South Ayrshire | | | 1,221 | | 38 | | 7 | 1,214 | | 97 | | 90 | | | 7 |
| South Lanarkshire | | | 1,774 | | 79 | | 5 | 1,769 | | 0 | | 0 | | | 0 |
| Stirling | | | | 2,254 | | 38 | | 75 | 2,179 | | 28 | | 28 | | | 0 |
| West Dunbartonshire | | 176 | | 26 | | 20 | 156 | | 25 | | 20 | | | 6 |
| West Lothian | | | 429 | | 46 | | 3 | 426 | | 6 | | 6 | | | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Source:SOGIS |
| 1 | Figures may not sum to total due to rounding. |
| 2 | All figures derived from Ordnance Survey Stategi data (1:250,000 1997). |
| 3 | Coastline figures include islands. |
| 4 | Developed coast includes harbours, docks etc. but not other coastal urban features. |
| 5 | The Western Isles council changed its name on 2 September 1997. |
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