Oronsay
Oronsay is a tidal island off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. Lying to the north of Vallaquie Strand, the island has been uninhabited since the Highland Clearances.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jac Volbeda, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Orasaigh”, “Orinsay Island”, and “Oronsay, Outer Hebrides”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vallay.
Vallay
Island
Photo: Lord P in the Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vallay is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It can be reached from North Uist by a long beach at low tide. Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malaclete and Sollas.
Malaclete
Hamlet
Photo: Dannie Calder, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Malaclete is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Oronsay.
Sollas
Village
Photo: Peter Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sollas is a small crofting township on the northern coast of the island of North Uist, Scotland. Sollas is situated 3 miles southeast of Oronsay.
Tigharry
Village
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tigharry is a small village on the west of North Uist. It is mostly a farming community. There are a few rocky beaches and one point of interest is Kettle's Cave. Tigharry is situated 5 miles southwest of Oronsay.
Oronsay
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.66767° or 57° 40′ 4″ northLongitude
-7.41438° or 7° 24′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C9JMH9P+36OpenStreetMap ID
way 1063002533OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Oronsay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Oronsay”
- Chinese: “奥龙赛岛”
- Chinese: “奧龍賽島”
- Dutch: “Oronsay”
- French: “Oronsay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oronsay i Ytre Hebridane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oronsay”
- Swedish: “Oronsay”
- Welsh: “Orosaigh, Ynysoedd Allanol Heledd”
- Welsh: “Orosaigh”
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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 “Oronsay”. Photo: Jac Volbeda, CC BY-SA 2.0.