Islay

Islay is an island in the of , with a population of 3,228 in 2011. It's mostly low-lying grazing land and heath, with Port Ellen and Bowmore the main settlements.
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  • Type: Locality with 3,460 residents
  • Description: southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Ìle”, “Isle of Islay”, “Queen of the Hebrides”, and “The Queen of the Hebrides”
  • Postal codes: PA42, PA43, PA44, PA45, PA46, PA47, PA48, and PA49
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Islay House and Loch Skerrols.

Hotel
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is a Category A listed country house near , in the county of , in western Scotland on the shores of .

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Hotel
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bowmore and Bridgend.

Town
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is a small town on the island of Islay, situated on the banks of the sea loch, . It serves as administrative capital of the island, and gives its name to the noted producing single malt scotch whisky.

Village
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is a village on the island of Islay off the western coast of at the tip of . The village is within the parish of Killarow and Kilmeny.

Village
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is a small village on the island of Islay of the western coast of . The village is within the parish of Killarow and Kilmeny.

Islay

Latitude
55.7853° or 55° 47′ 7″ north
Longitude
-6.2389° or 6° 14′ 20″ west
Population
3,460
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ISY
Open location code
9C7MQQP6+4F
Geo­Names ID
8299862
Wiki­data ID
Q273
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Islay” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Islay”
  • Arabic: “إيلاي”
  • Basque: “Islay”
  • Belarusian: “Айла”
  • Belarusian: “Айлей”
  • Breton: “Ìle”
  • Catalan: “Islay”
  • Cebuano: “Islay”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئایلا”
  • Chinese: “艾拉岛”
  • Chinese: “艾拉島”
  • Czech: “Islay”
  • Danish: “Islay”
  • Dutch: “Islay”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايسلاى”
  • Esperanto: “Islay”
  • Esperanto: “Reĝino de la Hebridoj”
  • Estonian: “Islay”
  • Finnish: “Islay”
  • French: “Islay”
  • Galician: “Islay”
  • German: “Islay”
  • Greek: “Άιλα”
  • Hebrew: “איילה”
  • Hungarian: “Islay”
  • Indonesian: “Islay”
  • Irish: “Ìle”
  • Italian: “Islay”
  • Italian: “Regina delle Ebridi”
  • Japanese: “アイラ島”
  • Javanese: “Islay”
  • Korean: “아일러”
  • Latin: “Ila insula”
  • Lithuanian: “Aila”
  • Livvi: “Ìle”
  • Low German: “Islay”
  • Macedonian: “Ајла”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Islay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Islay”
  • Norwegian: “Islay”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Islay”
  • Persian: “آیله”
  • Polish: “Islay”
  • Portuguese: “Islay”
  • Quechua: “Islay”
  • Russian: “Айла (остров)”
  • Russian: “Айла”
  • Russian: “Айлей”
  • Russian: “А́йлей”
  • Scots: “Ila”
  • Scots: “Islay”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ìle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Islay”
  • Serbian: “Ајлеј”
  • Serbian: “Острво Ајлеј”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Islay”
  • Slovak: “Islay”
  • Slovenian: “Islay”
  • Spanish: “Islay”
  • Spanish: “La reina de las Hebridas”
  • Spanish: “La reina de las Hébridas”
  • Sundanese: “Islay”
  • Swedish: “Islay”
  • Tamil: “இஸ்லே”
  • Thai: “ไอเลย์”
  • Turkish: “Islay”
  • Ukrainian: “Айла”
  • Ukrainian: “Айлей”
  • Welsh: “Ìle”
  • Western Panjabi: “ازلے”
  • Wu Chinese: “艾拉岛”
  • “Ìle”
  • “Islay”
  • “Islay - Ìle”

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