Vallay
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| Vallay Gaelic: Bhàlaigh | |
 Vallay shoreline | |
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| Location: | 57°24’-0"N, 7°15’0"W |
| Grid reference: | NF769763 |
| Area: | 642 acres |
| Highest point: | 125 feet |
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| Population: | 0 |
Vallay is an uninhabited tidal island of Inverness-shire, in the Outer Hebrides. It is linked to North Uist by a long beach at low tide.
Its name is from Norse (fjell ey) and means "hill island".
Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people, its best-known inhabitant was the archaeologist Erskine Beveridge. The island today is also known for its sea birds and for prehistoric monuments.
Valley bears the odd distinction of being the smallest Scottish island to have an area greater than 1 square mile, at mean high tide.