Oronsay, Loch Bracadale

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Oronsay
Gaelic: Orasaigh

Skye
(Inverness-shire)


View of Oronsay from Ullinish Point
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

  1. ↑ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
  2. ↑ 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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