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|Population=0<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst1996.html| title=Stromay | publisher=[[Gazetteer for Scotland]]| accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref> |
|Population=0<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst1996.html| title=Stromay | publisher=[[Gazetteer for Scotland]]| accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref> |
Revision as of 21:02, 18 December 2009
Scottish Gaelic name | Sròmaigh |
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Old Norse name | Straum-øy |
Meaning of name | Old Norse for 'island in the tidal stream'. |
Location | |
OS grid reference | NF936746 |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Uists and Barra |
Area | approx 66 ha (163 acres) |
Area rank | 176= [1] |
Highest elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
Administration | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
Demographics | |
Population | 0[2] |
References | [3] |
Stromay (Scottish Gaelic: Sròmaigh) is a tidal island[4] off North Uist in the Sound of Harris, Scotland.
The low island of Stromay lies between two wide, shallow sea lochs, Loch Mhic Phàil and Loch Aulasary.[4] Stromay is joined to North Uist for most of the tidal cycle.
A smaller islet of the same name lies between Harris and Ensay,[5] and another (Stròmaigh) between North Uist and Kirkibost.[3]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Stromay". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ^ a b Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
- ^ a b J.D. Hansom. "Loch Maddy - Sound Of Harris Coastline" (PDF). JNCC. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.