Vallay
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| Vallay | |
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| Location | |
 Vallay
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| Vallay shown within the Outer Hebrides | |
| OS grid reference | NF769763 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name | Bhàlaigh |
| Meaning of name | hill island |
| Area and summit | |
| Area | 260 hectares (1.00 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 95 |
| Highest elevation | 38 metres (125 ft) |
| Population | |
| Population | 0 |
| Groupings | |
| Island group | Outer Hebrides |
| Local Authority | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
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| References | [1][2][3] |
| If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census. | |
Vallay (Scottish Gaelic: Bhàlaigh) is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It is linked to 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 km2).
[edit] References
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
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Coordinates: 57°39′42″N 7°24′24″W / 57.66167°N 7.40671°W
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