Oronsay, Loch Bracadale
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| Oronsay Gaelic: Orasaigh | |
 View of Oronsay from Ullinish Point | |
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| Location | |
| Location: | 57°20’10"N, 6°27’36"W |
| Grid reference: | NG316360 |
| Area: | 45 acres[1] |
| Highest point: | 236 ft |
| Data | |
| Population: | 0[2] |
Oronsay is a tidal island in Loch Bracadale on the west coast of Skye in Inverness-shire. At low water the island is connected to Ullinish Point on Skye. Its name is a common one in the Hebrides: in Gaelic it is Orasaigh, and in Norse Örfirirsey, meaning simply "tidal island".
Footnotes
- ↑ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
- ↑ National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013) (pdf) Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland - Release 1C (Part Two). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland’s inhabited islands". Retrieved 17 August 2013.
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