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Vallay

Vallay is an uninhabited tidal island in the . It can be reached from by a long beach at low tide. Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people.
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Photo: Lord P in the Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Valley”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oronsay.

Islet
Photo: Jac Volbeda, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a tidal island off in the . Lying to the north of Vallaquie Strand, the island has been uninhabited since the Highland Clearances.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Malaclete and Sollas.

Hamlet
Photo: Dannie Calder, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet.

Village
Photo: Peter Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small crofting township on the northern coast of the island of , .

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an island in the Western Isles or of Scotland. It measures 20 miles north-south, 25 miles east-west, and is separated from Benbecula to the south by a tidal ford, nowadays bridged by a causeway.

Vallay

Latitude
57.66159° or 57° 39′ 42″ north
Longitude
-7.40823° or 7° 24′ 30″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
9C9JMH6R+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4010657
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2635024
Wiki­data ID
Q3176862
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Satellite Map

Discover Vallay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Vallay” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Vallay”
  • Cebuano: “Vallay Island”
  • Dutch: “Bhalaigh”
  • Dutch: “Eilean Bhalaigh”
  • Dutch: “Vallay Island”
  • Dutch: “Vallay”
  • French: “Vallay”
  • German: “Vallay”
  • Japanese: “ヴァレイ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bhàlaigh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vallay”
  • Portuguese: “Vallay”
  • Spanish: “Vallay”
  • Swedish: “Vallay Island”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Griminish and Cladach Vallay.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bac Mic Connain, wheelhouse and Traigh Himiligh.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Vallay”. Photo: Lord P in the Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.