Longay

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Longay
Cliff coast on the east side of Longay
Cliff coast on the east side of Longay
Waters Inner Sound ( Atlantic Ocean )
Archipelago Inner Hebrides
Geographical location 57 ° 18 '38 "  N , 5 ° 53' 27"  W Coordinates: 57 ° 18 '38 "  N , 5 ° 53' 27"  W.
Longay (Scotland)
Longay
length 1.13 km
width 750 m
surface 50 ha
Highest elevation 67  m
Residents uninhabited
Location of Longay northeast of Skye
Location of Longay northeast of Skye

Longay ( Scottish Gaelic : Longaigh ) is a small, uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides . It lies between the Applecross - Peninsula upstream Crowlin Islands in the northeast and the island of Scalpay in the southwest. It is around 50 hectares in size and reaches a height of 67 meters. Together with its neighboring island of Pabay , Longay was a haven for pirates in the 16th century.

The name Longay comes from the Old Norse word: Long-øy and means "ship island".

Longay, like Pabay and the larger Scalpay further to the west, belongs to the Civil parish Strath , the main part of which is on Skye.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rick Livingstone's Tables of THE ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND: Region 5. Skye & the Small Isles
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ Iain Mac Tailleir , "Place Names", page 82, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (English)

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