Isle of Scalpay
Scalpay is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Isle of Scalpay has about 322 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 322 residents
- Description: island off Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “l”, “Scalpay”, and “Scalpay, Outer Hebrides”
- Postal code: HS4
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sgeotasaigh and Eilean Glas Lighthouse.
Sgeotasaigh
Island
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Scotasay is small island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies 1 kilometre off the east coast of Harris and gives some shelter to the ferry port of Tarbert. Sgeotasaigh is situated 1½ miles west of Isle of Scalpay.
Eilean Glas Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: simon stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilean Glas Lighthouse is on the east coast of the island of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It was one of the original four lights commissioned by the Commissioners of the Northern Lights, and the first in the Hebrides. Eilean Glas Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles southeast of Isle of Scalpay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rèinigeadal and Meavaig South.
Rèinigeadal
Hamlet
Photo: JJM, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rèinigeadal is a small settlement in Harris, in the Western Isles in Scotland. It is situated on the east coast of Harris 8 kilometres east of Tarbert, at the western side of the entrance to Loch Seaforth. Rèinigeadal is situated 3½ miles north of Isle of Scalpay.
Meavaig South
Hamlet
Photo: David Gearing, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meavaig South is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ miles west of Isle of Scalpay.
Tarbert
Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tarbert is a village on Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. With a population of 550, it's the main town and ferry terminal for Harris. It's the ideal base for touring the whole of Harris: you can also tour Lewis but that's quite a drive from here.
Isle of Scalpay
- Category: island
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Isle of Scalpay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Scalpay”
- Breton: “Sgalpaigh na Hearadh”
- Cebuano: “Isle of Scalpay”
- Cebuano: “Scalpay”
- Chinese: “斯卡爾佩島”
- Czech: “Scalpay”
- Dutch: “Scalpay”
- French: “Scalpay”
- German: “Scalpay”
- Greek: “Σκάλπεϊ”
- Irish: “Sgalpaigh na Hearadh”
- Italian: “Scalpay”
- Japanese: “スカルペイ島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Scalpay i Ytre Hebridane”
- Polish: “Scalpay”
- Portuguese: “Scalpay, Outer Hebrides”
- Portuguese: “Scalpay”
- Scots: “Scalpay, Ooter Hebrides”
- Scots: “Scalpay”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Scalpaigh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sgalpaigh na Hearadh”
- Swedish: “Isle of Scalpay”
- Swedish: “Scalpay, Yttre Hebriderna”
- Swedish: “Scalpay”
- Welsh: “Sgalpaigh na Hearadh”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Scalpay Village and Sgalpaigh.
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Highlights include Cnoc na h-Iolaire and Coddem.
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