Wiay
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| Waters | Loch Bracadale ( Atlantic Ocean ) | |
| Archipelago | Inner Hebrides | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 20 '18 " N , 6 ° 30' 0" W | |
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| surface | 1.49 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 60 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Wiay ( Scottish Gaelic : Bhuia or Fùidheigh , from Old Norwegian , German: "House Island") is an island in the southwest of the Inner Hebrides in Scotland . It is located about 1.4 kilometers west of Skye at the height of the village Ullinish and east of the island of Oronsay in Loch Bracadale . Wiay is 1.49 km² and is the largest island in the bay. The highest point is 60 meters.
The coast of Wiay consists mainly of steep rocks, in the south there are overhanging cliffs . You can only go ashore in Camas na Cille Bay . Wiay was settled until the middle of the 19th century. Today three crumbling houses can still be seen in Camas na Cille , one of which was built in the traditional way of black houses .
There are two large herring gull colonies ( Larus argentatus ) on the island .
Others
- An uninhabited island near Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides is also called Wiay.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Iain Mac to Tailleir ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , "Placenames", page 118, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (English)
literature
- Hamish Haswell-Smith: The Scottish Islands . Canongate, Edinburgh 2004, ISBN 1-84195-454-3
Web links
- Pictures from Wiay ( Memento from February 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Map of Wiay