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Oronsay

Oronsay, also sometimes spelt and pronounced Oransay by the local community, is a small tidal island south of in the with an area of 543 hectares.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: small tidal island south of Colonsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides
  • Also known as: “Oransay”, “Oronsay, Colonsay”, and “Oronsay, Inner Hebrides”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oronsay Priory and Dùn Cholla.

Cemetery
Photo: Hole in the wall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a monastery of canons regular on the island of Oronsay, Inner Hebrides, , off the coast of Scotland. It was in existence by 1353 under the patronage of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles.

Fort
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hill fort located on the Inner Hebridean island of , Scotland. The site is located at grid reference NR37759150. According to tradition it was a fort of Colla Uais after being exiled from Ireland in 310.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scalasaig and Colonsay.

Village
Photo: dun deagh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
lies on the east coast of , in the council area of of Scotland. It is the main settlement on the island and its only port; thus tourists arriving by ferry must pass through it on the way to any part of the isle.

Photo: Catriona Colonsay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an island in the , about 8 miles long by 2½ miles wide, with Scalasaig as its main settlement and ferry pier. is rocky yet fertile, with fine beaches, and had a population of 135 in 2011.

Oronsay

Latitude
56.01452° or 56° 0′ 52″ north
Longitude
-6.23984° or 6° 14′ 23″ west
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
9C8M2Q76+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23275012
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2640903
Wiki­data ID
Q501179
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Oronsay” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Oronsay (Colonsay)”
  • Basque: “Oronsay”
  • Breton: “Orasaigh”
  • Catalan: “Oronsay”
  • Cebuano: “Oronsay (pulo sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Argyll and Bute)”
  • Cebuano: “Oronsay”
  • Chinese: “奥龙赛岛”
  • Chinese: “奧龍賽島”
  • Dutch: “Oronsay, Inner Hebrides”
  • French: “Oronsay”
  • German: “Oronsay”
  • Greek: “Όρονσι”
  • Irish: “Orasaigh, Ile”
  • Irish: “Orasaigh”
  • Italian: “Oronsay”
  • Low German: “Oronsay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oronsay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oronsay i Indre Hebridane”
  • Norwegian: “Oronsay”
  • Russian: “Оронсей”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Orasaigh”
  • Spanish: “Oronsay, Hébridas Interiores”
  • Spanish: “Oronsay”
  • Swedish: “Oronsay”
  • Welsh: “Orasaigh, Ynysoedd Mewnol Heledd”
  • Welsh: “Orasaigh”
  • Welsh: “Orosaigh, Ynysoedd Mewnol Heledd”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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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: Tony Kinghorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.