Soay
Soay is an island just off the coast of Skye, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Inner Hebrides, Highland Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Soay, Inner Hebrides”, “Soay, Skye”, “Sòdhaigh”, and “Sòthaigh”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elgol and Bualintur.
Elgol
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elgol is a tiny village on the south coast of Skye in the Scottish Hebrides, with a population of 168 in 2011. The main attraction is the view of the mountains, especially from nearby Loch Coruisk.
Bualintur
Hamlet
Photo: Ross Young, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bualintur is a remote township, which lies at the head of Loch Brittle on the island of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Bualintur is situated 5 miles northwest of Soay.
Glenbrittle
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glenbrittle is a remote area of Skye. It is most useful as a base for walking and climbing the Black Cuillin, including the famous "Inaccessible Pinnacle".
Soay
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Soay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Soay (Barruko Hebridak)”
- Basque: “Soay”
- Breton: “Sòdhaigh”
- Breton: “Sòthaigh”
- Catalan: “Soay”
- Cebuano: “Soay”
- Chinese: “索厄島”
- Dutch: “Soay”
- French: “Soay”
- German: “Soay”
- Greek: “Νήσος Σόι”
- Greek: “Σόι”
- Irish: “Sòdhaigh”
- Irish: “Sòthaigh”
- Italian: “Soay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Soay i Indre Hebridane”
- Russian: “Соэй”
- Scots: “Soay, Skye”
- Scots: “Soay”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sòdhaidh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sòdhaigh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sòthaigh”
- Swedish: “Soay”
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