Sandray
Sandray is one of the Barra Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It never had a large population, and has been uninhabited since 1934. It is now known for its large seabird colony.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: GerritR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Sanderay” and “Saundray”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Flodday near Vatersay.
Flodday near Vatersay
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flodday is an uninhabited island, south west of Barra in the Western Islands of Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caolas and Castlebay.
Caolas
Village
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caolas, is a small settlement on the island of Vatersay, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Caolas is within the parish of Barra. It is the westernmost settlement in Scotland.
Castlebay
Village
Photo: Paul Store, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castlebay is the main village and a community council area on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The village is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean dominated by Kisimul Castle, as well as nearby islands such as Vatersay.
Borve
Village
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borve is a village on the west coast of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Borve is within the parish of Barra, and is situated on the A888 which is the island's circular main road. Borve is situated 6 miles north of Sandray.
Sandray
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.89122° or 56° 53′ 28″ northLongitude
-7.51594° or 7° 30′ 57″ westElevation
397 feet (121 metres)Open location code
9C8JVFRM+FJOpenStreetMap ID
way 711432296OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2638562Wikidata ID
Q3180999
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Sandray” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Сандрай”
- Catalan: “Sandray”
- Cebuano: “Sandray”
- Chinese: “桑德雷岛”
- Chinese: “桑德雷島”
- Dutch: “Sandray”
- French: “Sandray”
- Irish: “Sanndraigh”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sandray”
- Russian: “Сандрей”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sanndraigh”
- Spanish: “Sandray”
- Spanish: “Sanndraigh”
- Swedish: “Sandray”
- “Sandray”
- “Sanndraigh”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Eòrasdail and Vatersay.
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Highlights include Cairn Galtar and Loch na Cuilce.
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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 “Sandray”. Photo: GerritR, CC BY-SA 4.0.