Shillay
Shillay is an uninhabited island which lies 2 km north of Pabbay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The name is derived from the Norse selr-øy meaning seal island and is a Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve owing to its international importance for breeding grey seals.Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pabbay.
Pabbay
Island
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pabbay is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland which lies in the Sound of Harris between Harris and North Uist. The name comes from Papey, which is Norse for "Island of the papar ".
Shillay
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.80113° or 57° 48′ 4″ northLongitude
-7.25306° or 7° 15′ 11″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9C9JRP2W+FQOpenStreetMap ID
way 4012388OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2637981Wikidata ID
Q1917838
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Shillay” goes by many names.
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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