- Shillay
Infobox Scottish island
GridReference=NF880913
latitude=57.80
longitude=-7.25
celtic name=Siolaigh
norse name=selr-øy
meaning of name= seal island
area=47 ha (116 acres)
area rank=198
highest elevation= 79 m (259 ft)
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Uist s andBarra
local authority=Na h-Eileanan Siar
references= [2001 UK Census perList of islands of Scotland ] Haswell-Smith] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ]Shillay (Gaelic:Siolaigh) is an uninhabited island which lies 2 km north of Pabbay in the
Outer Hebrides ofScotland .The name is derived from the Norse "selr-øy" meaning seal island and is a
Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve owing to its international importance for breedinggrey seal s.The is no record or evidence that it has ever seen human habitation, but the
grazing rights belong to crofters of the nearby island of Berneray.Footnotes
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