Ornsay

Ornsay
For other places with the same name, see Oronsay.
Ornsay
Location
Ornsay is located in Scotland
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Ornsay
Ornsay shown within Scotland
OS grid reference NG709125
Names
Gaelic name Eilean Iarmain
Norse name Örfirirsey
Meaning of name "Ebb (i.e. tidal) island", from Norse
Area and summit
Area c. 35 ha
Highest elevation 46 m
Population
Population 0
Groupings
Island group Inner Hebrides
Local Authority Highland
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References [1][2][3][4]
If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census.

Ornsay is a small tidal island to the east of the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

Description

Widely acknowledged as one of the most beautiful tidal islands in Western Scotland,[citation needed] the island provides good shelter to a natural harbour which is overlooked by the village of Isleornsay. The "Ornsay" lighthouse stands on the neighbouring islet, Eilean Sionnach.[5]

Footnotes

  1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543. 
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey
  4. ^ Iain Mac an Tailleir. "Placenames". Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesK-O.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-27. 
  5. ^ "Overview of Isleornsay". Gazetteer for Scotland. http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst2072.html. Retrieved 2007-07-27. 

Coordinates: 57°8′48″N 5°47′12″W / 57.14667°N 5.78667°W / 57.14667; -5.78667


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