Vallay

Vallay

Infobox Scottish island |
latitude=57.40
longitude=-07.25
GridReference=NF769763
celtic name=Bhàlaigh
norse name=
meaning of name=hill island
area=260 ha
area rank=95
highest elevation=38 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Outer Hebrides
local authority=Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
references= [2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ] Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) "The Scottish Islands". Edinburgh. Canongate.]

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, but its best known inhabitant was the archaeologist Erskine Beveridge. The island is also known for its sea birds and for prehistoric monuments.

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