Lampay

Lampay is an island in Scotland, United Kingdom. Lampay is situated nearby to the hamlet Claigan, as well as near Borreraig.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lampay and Isay.

Lampay

Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lampay is an uninhabited tidal island in Loch Dunvegan, off the northwest coast of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is separated from the "mainland" of Skye by a small sound called An Doirneil.

Isay

Island

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Isay is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It lies in Loch Dunvegan, 1 kilometre off the northwest coast of the Isle of Skye.

Mingay

Islet

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Mingay is an islet in the Inner Hebrides off Skye and Isay. Together with Isay and Loch Dunvegan, it is designated as a Special Area of Conservation owing to the breeding colonies of the common seal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Claigan and Borreraig.

Claigan is a small coastal settlement on the north east shore of the sea loch, Loch Dunvegan, on the Waternish peninsula, in north western Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Borreraig

Hamlet

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Borreraig is a crofting settlement in Duirinish, north-west of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. The ancient and famous MacCrimmon Piping Heritage Centre is based in the village, where the chiefs of the Highlands sent their young pipers for training. Borreraig is situated 2 miles southwest of Lampay.

Uig

Hamlet

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Uig is a hamlet 14 miles south west of Uig in Snizort, on the eastern shore of Loch Dunvegan, in the civil parish of Duirinish, on the Isle of Skye, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. Uig is situated 2½ miles southwest of Lampay.

Lampay

Type: Island
Category: landform
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.50183° or 57° 30′ 7″ north

Longitude

-6.6434° or 6° 38′ 36″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

9C9MG924+PJ

GeoNames ID

13285623

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