Lampay
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Coastline
- Description: uninhabited tidal island in Loch Dunvegan, off the northwest coast of the Isle of Skye in Scotland
- Also known as: “Lampay Islands”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isay and Mingay.
Isay
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: John Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Hamlet
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
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Lampay
- Categories: tidal island and landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.50099° or 57° 30′ 4″ northLongitude
-6.64327° or 6° 38′ 36″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9C9MG924+9MOpenStreetMap ID
way 157534012OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Lampay” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Lampay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lampay”
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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 “Lampay”. Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0.