- Pabay
Infobox Scottish island |
latitude=57.28
longitude=-5.86
GridReference=NG674271
celtic name=Pabaigh
norse name=Papey
meaning of name=Island of the "papar "
area=122 ha
area rank= 137=
highest elevation= 28 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Isle of Skye
local authority=Highland Council
references= [2001 UK Census perList of islands of Scotland ] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ] Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) "The Scottish Islands". Edinburgh. Canongate.]Pabay is a Scottish island just off the coast of the
Isle of Skye .Geography
Pabay is an island in the Inner Sound of Skye, north of Broadford. It lies south of
Longay and east of the larger Scalpay.cite web| url=http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst1614.html| title=Overview for Pabay| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland | accessdate=2007-12-15]The island is formed of fossil-containing
limestone , with somemica ceousshale , namedPabba Shale .cite web| url=http://www.pabay.org/pa_hist.html| title=Isle of Pabay - History| accessdate=2007-12-15] It forms a flat plateau with cliffs on the North and East shores. The surrounding low reefs encroach on its shores and double the area at low water.History
Pabay was inhabited in the 19th century.cite book| url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43469 |title=A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland: Pabay| author=Samuel Lewis| date=1846| pages=337-51 |accessdate=2007-05-12] The island remains inhabitedFact|date=December 2007, but is only accessible by boat or helicopter.
It issues its own postage stamps.
Flora
Pabay's flora consists of heath, dry grassland, herb marsh, salt marsh, woodland remnants and 75 acres of newly planted trees.
References
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