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Inchmickery is a small island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. It is about a mile (1.6 km) north of Edinburgh.

Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic, Innis nam Bhiocaire, meaning Isle of the Vicar, implying that there may have been an old ecclesiastical or Culdee settlement here, as in nearby Inchcolm. It features occasionally in a riddle, "How many inches is the Forth?", playing on a pun on 'Inch' (Innis), the Gaelic word for island, and inch, the imperial measurement.

Inchmickery is tiny, only 100 metres by 200 metres. During World War II the island was used as a gun emplacement. The concrete buildings make the island look (from a distance) like a battleship.^{[citation needed]} Although the island is now uninhabited much of this concrete superstructure remains largely intact. These buildings were used for filming scenes of the film Complicity.

The island is now an RSPB reserve, and is home to breeding pairs of Common Eider, Sandwich Terns and the very rare Roseate Tern .

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 [[Image:Inchmickery Island.jpg|thumb|250px|Wartime jetty, fortifications and military buildings on the island.]]
-'''Inchmickery''' is a small island in the [[Firth of Forth]] in [[Scotland]]. It is around a mile north of [[Edinburgh]].
+'''Inchmickery''' is a small island in the [[Firth of Forth]] in [[Scotland]]. It is about a mile (1.6 km) north of [[Edinburgh]].
 Its name comes from the [[Scottish Gaelic]], ''Innis nam Bhiocaire'', meaning ''Isle of the Vicar'', implying that there may have been an old ecclesiastical or [[Culdee]] settlement here, as in nearby [[Inchcolm]]. It features occasionally in a [[riddle]], "How many inches is the [[River Forth|Forth]]?", playing on a pun on 'Inch' (''Innis''), the Gaelic word for [[island]], and [[inch]], the [[imperial measurement]].
-Inchmickery is tiny, only 100 meters by 200 meters.  During [[World War II]] the island was used as a gun emplacement.  The concrete buildings were formed to make the island look (from a distance) like a battleship.{{fact}}  Although the island is now uninhabited much of this concrete superstructure remains largely intact.  These buildings were used for filming scenes of the film ''[[Complicity (film)|Complicity]]''.
+Inchmickery is tiny, only 100 metres by 200 metres.  During [[World War II]] the island was used as a gun emplacement.  The concrete buildings make the island look (from a distance) like a battleship.{{fact}}  Although the island is now uninhabited much of this concrete superstructure remains largely intact. These buildings were used for filming scenes of the film ''[[Complicity (film)|Complicity]]''.
 The island is now an [[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds|RSPB]] reserve, and is home to breeding pairs of [[Common Eider]], [[Sandwich Tern]]s and the very rare [[Roseate Tern]] .