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Orosay

Orosay is a small uninhabited tidal island in the Sound of Barra lying at the north end of , the "big beach" on the north east coast of .
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Photo: Neil King, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barra Airport and Big Beach.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a short-runway airport situated in the wide shallow bay of at the northern tip of the island of in the , Scotland.

Beach
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Tràigh Mhòr, in English 'Big Beach', is a large expanse of sand forming a magnificent white beach at the northern end of the island of in the of , in the village of Ardmhor extending to the village of Eoligarry.

Archaeological site
Photo: Judith Cutler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Orosay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eoligarry and Ardmore.

Village
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Alan Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardmhor is a small village in the north east of the Isle of in the , . In 2002 a small ferry port was built in the village to serve a new ferry link between Barra and as part of the Sound of Barra Integrated Transport Project.

Hamlet
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on in the Western Isles, . is also within the parish of Barra. is situated 1½ miles south of Orosay.

Orosay

Latitude
57.02887° or 57° 1′ 44″ north
Longitude
-7.4178° or 7° 25′ 4″ west
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Open location code
9C9J2HHJ+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 216812403
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2640898
Wiki­data ID
Q3107658
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Orosay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Orosay”
  • Dutch: “Orosay”
  • French: “Orosay”
  • Irish: “Orasaigh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Orosay”
  • Polish: “Orosay”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Orasaigh”
  • Swedish: “Orosay”

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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 “Orosay”. Photo: Neil King, CC BY-SA 2.0.