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Coordinates: 57°3926N 7°818W / 57.65722°N 7.13833°W / 57.65722; -7.13833
 

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Stromay
Scottish Gaelic nameSròmaigh
Old Norse nameStraum-øy
Meaning of nameOld Norse for 'island in the tidal stream'.
Location
Stromay is located in Outer Hebrides
Stromay

Stromay

Stromay shown within the Outer Hebrides

OS grid referenceNF936746
Coordinates57°39′25N 7°08′17W / 57.657°N 7.138°W / 57.657; -7.138
Physical geography
Island groupUists and Barra
Area66 ha (163 acres)
Area rank178 [1]
Highest elevation16 m (52 ft)
Administration
Council areaNa h-Eileanan Siar
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population0[2]
Lymphad
References[3]

Stromay (Scottish Gaelic: Sròmaigh) is a tidal island[4] off North Uist in the Sound of Harris, Scotland.

The low island of Stromay lies between two wide, shallow sea lochs, Loch Mhic Phàil and Loch Aulasary.[4] Stromay is joined to North Uist for most of the tidal cycle.

A smaller islet of the same name lies between Harris and Ensay,[5] and another (Stròmaigh) between North Uist and Kirkibost.[3]

There are extensive sands and rocks offshore that are exposed at low tide.[6]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  • ^ "Stromay". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  • ^ a b Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
  • ^ a b J.D. Hansom. "Loch Maddy - Sound Of Harris Coastline" (PDF). JNCC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  • ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  • ^ Rick Livingstone’s Tables provide an area of 100 hectares (250 acres), which may include the inter-tidal zone. Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
  • Stromay from the air, looking west. The narrow channel of Sruth Beag between Stromay and North Uist is at centre

    57°39′26N 7°8′18W / 57.65722°N 7.13833°W / 57.65722; -7.13833


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