Skye
Skye is the largest and most northerly of the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland, linked to the mainland by a toll-free bridge. It's a rugged mountainous island with spectacular scenery. Portree is the main settlement, with a tourist information centre, and the main concentration of accommodation.
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Skye
- Type: Island with 10,000 residents
- Description: largest and most northerly large island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland
- Also known as: “an tOileán Sciathánach”, “an tOileán Scitheanach”, “an tOileán Sgiathanach”, “an tOileán Sgitheanach”, “Eiland Skye”, “Eilean a‘ Cheó”, “Eilean a‘ Cheò”, “Enez Skye”, “Island of Skye”, “Isle of skye”, “Isle of Skye”, “ostrov Skye”, “Skið”, “Skye Adası”, “Skye island”, “Skye-eyja”, “Wyspa Skye”, “Ynys Hir”, “Ynys Sgitheanach”, “Σκάι”, “Остров Скай”, “האי סקאי”, “סקיי”, “سكاي”, and “斯開島”
- Postal codes: IV41, IV42, IV43, IV44, IV45, IV46, IV47, IV48, IV49, IV55, and IV56
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude of center
57.3° or 57° 18′ north
Longitude of center
-6.25° or 6° 15′ west
Population
10,000
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
IATA airport code
SKL
UN/LOCODE
GB ISK
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Skye” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة سكاي”
- Armenian: “Սքայ”
- Asturian: “Skye”
- Azerbaijani: “Skay adası”
- Basque: “Skye”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Скай”
- Belarusian: “Скай”
- Breton: “Enez Sgitheanach”
- Bulgarian: “Скай”
- Catalan: “Illa de Skye”
- Catalan: “Skye”
- Cebuano: “Isle of Skye”
- Chinese: “天空島”
- Chinese: “斯凯岛”
- Chinese: “斯凱島”
- Czech: “Ostrov Skye”
- Czech: “Skye”
- Danish: “Isle of Skye”
- Danish: “Skye”
- Dutch: “Skye”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره سكاى”
- Esperanto: “Skye”
- Estonian: “Skye”
- Faroese: “Skye”
- Finnish: “Isle of Skye”
- Finnish: “Skye”
- French: “île de Skye”
- French: “Île de Skye”
- French: “Skye”
- Galician: “Skye”
- German: “Insel Skye”
- German: “Skye”
- Greek: “Νήσος Σκάι”
- Hebrew: “סקאי”
- Hindi: “आएल ऑफ़ स्काऐ”
- Hungarian: “Skye”
- Icelandic: “Skíð”
- Ido: “Insulo Skye”
- Indonesian: “Skye”
- Irish: “An t-Eilean Sgitheanach”
- Irish: “An tEilean Sgitheanach”
- Italian: “Isola di Skye”
- Italian: “Skye”
- Japanese: “スカイ島”
- Korean: “스카이섬”
- Latin: “Skia insula”
- Latin: “Skia”
- Latvian: “Skaja”
- Lithuanian: “Skajus”
- Low German: “Skye”
- Macedonian: “Скај”
- Malagasy: “Skye”
- Manx: “Yn Ellan Skianagh”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skye”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skye”
- Norwegian: “Skye”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Illa de Skye”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Isla de Skye”
- Ossetian: “Скай”
- Persian: “اسکای”
- Polish: “Skye”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Skye”
- Romanian: “Skye”
- Russian: “Скай”
- Scots: “Isle o Skye”
- Scots: “Skye”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An t-Eilean Sgitheanach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean Sgitheanach”
- Serbian: “Скај”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Skye”
- Slovak: “Skye”
- Spanish: “Isla de Skye”
- Spanish: “Skye”
- Swedish: “Isle of Skye”
- Swedish: “Skye”
- Thai: “ไอล์ออฟสกาย”
- Turkish: “Skye”
- Ukrainian: “Скай”
- Urdu: “سکائی”
- Vietnamese: “Skye”
- Welsh: “An t-Eilean Sgitheanach”
- Welsh: “Ynys Skye”
- Western Panjabi: “سکائی”
- Wu Chinese: “斯凯岛”
- Zeeuws: “Skye”
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