Torogaigh

Torogaigh is an islet in Western Isles, Scotland. Torogaigh is situated nearby to the hamlet Cladach Vallay, as well as near Malaclete.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vallay and Oronsay.

Vallay

Island

Photo: Lord P in the Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vallay is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It can be reached from North Uist by a long beach at low tide. Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people.

Oronsay is a tidal island off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. Lying to the north of Vallaquie Strand, the island has been uninhabited since the Highland Clearances. Oronsay is situated 1½ miles north of Torogaigh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Malaclete and Sollas.

Malaclete

Hamlet

Photo: Dannie Calder, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Malaclete is a hamlet.

Sollas

Village

Photo: Peter Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sollas is a small crofting township on the northern coast of the island of North Uist, Scotland. Sollas is situated 2 miles east of Torogaigh.

North Uist

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

North Uist is an island in the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It measures 20 miles north-south, 25 miles east-west, and is separated from Benbecula to the south by a tidal ford, nowadays bridged by a causeway.

Torogaigh

Type: Islet
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.64664° or 57° 38′ 48″ north

Longitude

-7.40104° or 7° 24′ 4″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

9C9JJHWX+MH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4010701

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

13286383

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