Sanday

Sanday is one of the , in the . It is a tidal island linked to its larger neighbour, , via sandbanks at low tide, and also connected to the larger island by a bridge.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: tidal island in Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Sanday, Inner Hebrides”
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Canna and St Columba’s Church.

Photo: Emoscopes, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the westernmost of the off the west coast of Scotland.

Church
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Columba's Church is a Category B listed building…

Peak
Photo: Peter Van den Bossche, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include A’ Chill.

Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
A' Chill was a village on , in the Scottish .

Sanday

Latitude
57.04931° or 57° 2′ 58″ north
Longitude
-6.49039° or 6° 29′ 25″ west
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
Open location code
9C9M2GX5+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1533618414
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2638603
Wiki­data ID
Q2558705
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Sanday” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Sanday”
  • Cebuano: “Sanday, Highland”
  • Chinese: “桑迪島”
  • Dutch: “Sanday”
  • French: “Sanday”
  • German: “Sanday”
  • Irish: “Sandaigh, Comhairle na Gáidhealtachd”
  • Irish: “Sandaigh, Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sanday”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sanday i Indre Hebridane”
  • Norwegian: “Sanday”
  • Polish: “Sanday”
  • Russian: “Сандей”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An t-Eilean Gainmhich”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sandaigh”
  • Swedish: “Sanday Island”
  • Swedish: “Sanday, Highland”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Druim an Lochain and Creag Maire Nighinn Alasdair.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Eilean a‘ Bhàird and Iolann an Eilein.

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