Ornsay
Ornsay is a small tidal island to the east of the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Yvonne MacQuarrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: small tidal island to the east of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland
- Also known as: “Isle Ornsay”
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ornsay Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Isleornsay and Duisdalebeg.
Isleornsay
Hamlet
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Isleornsay is a village lying off the main Armadale to Sleat road on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It overlooks, but is not upon, the island of Ornsay.
Camuscross
Village
Photo: Norrie Adamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Camuscross is a small crofting township on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Camuscross is situated on Camus Croise bay, on the west shore of the Sound of Sleat, in the Highland Council area. It lies close to the village of Isleornsay and the island of Ornsay.
Ornsay
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.14706° or 57° 8′ 49″ northLongitude
-5.78757° or 5° 47′ 15″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9C9P46W6+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 82964256OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2640905Wikidata ID
Q2311511
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Ornsay” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ornsay”
- Cebuano: “Ornsay”
- Dutch: “Ornsay”
- French: “Ornsay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ornsay”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean Orasaigh”
- Swedish: “Ornsay”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cnoc Òlaig and Duisdalemore.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eilean Sionnach and Keeper’s Cottages, Ornsay Lighthouse, Skye.
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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 “Ornsay”. Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.