Wiay
Wiay, pronounced "waya" is an uninhabited island in Loch Bracadale, off the coast of the Isle of Skye Wiay is approximately 1.3 kilometres wide by 2.1 kilometres long and lies 1.3 km west of Ullinish, and 1+1⁄2 mi north of Fiskavaig on the Minginish Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Inner Hebrides
- Also known as: “Wiay, Inner Hebrides” and “Wiay, Skye”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oronsay and Tarner Island.
Oronsay
Islet
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Oronsay is an uninhabited tidal island in Loch Bracadale on the west coast of Skye, Scotland. It is c.1,000 metres long by 220m wide running approximately north-east to south west.
Tarner Island
Island
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tarner Island is a triangular shaped island in Loch Bracadale just off the coast off the Harlosh peninsula of Skye in Scotland. It is about 28 hectares in extent and is 0.65 miles at its longest by 0.33 miles at its widest The coastline is largely cliff-lined and rocky however slopes down to the northernmost part of the island at which point it is possible to land by small boat or kayak. Tarner Island is situated 2 miles north of Wiay.
Harlosh Island
Island
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Harlosh Island is one of four islands to be found in Skye's Loch Bracadale. Harlosh Island is one mile from the coast of the Duirinish Peninsula and four miles from the coast of the Minginish peninsula. Harlosh Island is situated 2½ miles northwest of Wiay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ullinish and Fiskavaig.
Ullinish
Hamlet
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Ullinish is a crofting township on Loch Bracadale, on the southwest coast of Skye, Scotland. The only promontory fort on Skye is located at Ullinish. It is situated to the west of Struan and just south of the hamlet of Ebost. Ullinish is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wiay.
Fiskavaig
Village
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Fiskavaig or Fiscavaig is a picturesque crofting settlement on the north-west shore of the Minginish peninsula, Isle of Skye in the Highland Council area. Fiskavaig is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wiay.
Eabost
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eabost is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wiay.
Wiay
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Wiay” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Wiay”
- Cebuano: “Wiay Island (pulo sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Highland)”
- Cebuano: “Wiay Island”
- Chinese: “威艾島”
- French: “Wiay”
- German: “Wiay”
- Irish: “Bhuia, Sgitheanach”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wiay i Indre Hebridane”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bhuia, na h-Eileanan a-staigh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bhuia”
- Spanish: “Wiay”
- Swedish: “Wiay Island, Highland”
- Swedish: “Wiay Island”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wiay”. Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.