Oronsay
Map with all coordinates: Oronsay , Ornsay or Orosay ( Scottish Gaelic : ) is the name or part of the name of various Scottish islands and some ships. The name is derived from the old Norse Örfirisey , which means " tidal island ".
Inner Hebrides
- Eilean Ornsay , before Coll
- Oronsay (Colonsay) , off Colonsay, the only inhabited island of this name
- Ornsay , near Isleornsay , Sound of Sleat
- Oronsay (Loch Bracadale) , Skye
- Oronsay (Loch Sunart) , near Morvern
Outer Hebrides
Lewis
- Orasaigh ( 58 ° 8 ′ 19 ″ N , 6 ° 28 ′ 22 ″ W ), off Leurbost
- Eilean Orasaidh ( 58 ° 6 ′ 16 ″ N , 6 ° 23 ′ 25 ″ W ), east of Cromor
North Uist
- Orasaigh ( 57 ° 40 ′ 3 ″ N , 7 ° 24 ′ 51 ″ W ), north of Vallay
- Oronsay (Outer Hebrides) ( 57 ° 39 ′ 47 ″ N , 7 ° 17 ′ 30 ″ W ), near the hamlet of Greinetobht
- Orasaigh ( 57 ° 33 ′ 22 ″ N , 7 ° 17 ′ 38 ″ W ), at the end of Loch Euphort
- Orasaigh ( 57 ° 38 ′ 52 ″ N , 7 ° 7 ′ 28 ″ W ), Loch Amhlasaraigh, west of Tobha Beag
- Orasaigh ( 57 ° 39 ′ 1 ″ N , 7 ° 5 ′ 19 ″ W ), Sound of Harris, near the hamlet of Bagh a Chaise
Benbecula
- Orasaigh ( 57 ° 26 ′ 28 ″ N , 7 ° 15 ′ 15 ″ W ), Loch Uisgebhagh
- Orasaigh ( 57 ° 27 ′ 2 ″ N , 7 ° 13 ′ 40 ″ W ), north of Meanais
South Uist
- Orasaigh ( 57 ° 7 ′ 45 ″ N , 7 ° 24 ′ 40 ″ W ), southwest of South Uist
- Orasaigh ( 57 ° 22 ′ 21 ″ N , 7 ° 17 ′ 18 ″ W ), northeast of South Uist
Barra
- Orasaigh ( 57 ° 1 ′ 43 ″ N , 7 ° 25 ′ 4 ″ W ), north of Barra
- Orasaigh ( 56 ° 56 ′ 36 ″ N , 7 ° 31 ′ 32 ″ W ), west of Castlebay
- Orasaigh ( 56 ° 56 ′ 42 ″ N , 7 ° 29 ′ 5 ″ W ), south of Castlebay
- Orasaigh ( 56 ° 57 ′ 59 ″ N , 7 ° 25 ′ 17 ″ W ), east of Barra
Ships
- SS Oronsay (1887) ( renamed Hainaut after 1900 ), steamer, 2070 BRT , lost near Skyros in 1911
- SS Oronsay (1900) , freighter, 3761 GRT, torpedoed off Malta in 1916
- Oronsay (ship, 1925) , Orient Line, liner and troop transport , torpedoed off Liberia in 1942
- Oronsay (ship, 1951) , Orient Line (later P&O), passenger and cruise ship, broken up in 1975
See also
literature
- Hamish Haswell-Smith: The Scottish Islands. Canongate, Edinburgh 2004, ISBN 1841954543 .
- William J. Watson: The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland. Emphasis. With an introduction by Simon Taylor. Birlinn, Edinburgh 2004, ISBN 1-84158-323-5 .