two groups of islands, called the Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides, to the west of Scotland

He catalogued the animal and plant life of the Hebrides.

Mendelssohn wrote the overture after a visit to the Hebrides off the Scottish west coast. 门德尔松在去了苏格兰西海岸外的赫布里底群岛之后写下了这首序曲。