Vallay
Vallay is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It can be reached from North Uist by a long beach at low tide. Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Valley”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oronsay.
Oronsay
Islet
Oronsay is a tidal island off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. 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.
Sollas
Village
Sollas is a small crofting township on the northern coast of the island of North Uist, Scotland.
North Uist
North Uist is an island in the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides 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
- Categories: tidal island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Vallay” goes by many names.
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Bac Mic Connain, wheelhouse and Traigh Himiligh.
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