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Revision as of 17:15, 8 April 2022
Scottish Gaelic name | Bhàlaigh |
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Meaning of name | hill island |
Location | |
OS grid reference | NF769763 |
Coordinates | 57°39′38″N 7°25′09″W / 57.660690°N 7.419152°W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Outer Hebrides |
Area | 260 hectares (1.00 sq mi) |
Area rank | 94 [1] |
Highest elevation | 38 metres (125 ft) |
Administration | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
Demographics | |
Population | 0[2] |
References | [3][4] |
Vallay (Scottish Gaelic: Bhàlaigh) is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It can be reached from North Uist by a long beach at low tide.
Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people. Its best-known inhabitant was the archaeologist Erskine Beveridge. The island is also known for its sea birds and for prehistoric monuments.
It is the smallest Scottish island to have an area greater than 1 square mile (2.59 square kilometres).
References
- ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
- ^ National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
- ^ "Vallay House, Vallay | Buildings at Risk Register". www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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57°39′42″N 7°24′24″W / 57.66167°N 7.40671°W