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.
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Popular Destinations
Portree
Portree is the main village on the Isle of Skye in the Scottish Hebrides, and is the obvious base for exploring the island. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.Broadford
Broadford is a village straggling along the main road across Skye in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.Uig
Uig is a village in the north of Skye. It's a ferry port with regular services to the Outer Hebrides, and most visitors are just passing through for that reason. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.Destinations
Kyleakin
Kyleakin is a village is a small town on Skye. It has become quieter since the Skye Bridge replaced the ferry to the mainland, but is an attractive small town and worth a stop. Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.Armadale
The Sleat peninsula is the gently rolling southern part of the Isle of Skye in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.Elgol
Elgol is a tiny village on the south coast of Skye in the Scottish Hebrides. Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.Carbost
Carbost is a small village straggling along the shore of Loch Harport in Skye, in the Scottish Hebrides. Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.Sligachan
Sligachan is a small settlement on Skye, at the head of Loch Sligachan. Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.Stein
Stein is a small settlement on Waternish, the middle peninsula of the north coast of Skye, in the Scottish Hebrides. Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.Glenbrittle
Glenbrittle is a remote area of Skye. It is most useful as a base for walking and climbing the Black Cuillin, including the famous "Inaccessible Pinnacle". Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.Colbost
Colbost is a scattered hamlet on the B884 road, in the Glendale estate, overlooking Loch Dunvegan on the Scottish island of Skye. Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.Skye
- Type: Island
- Description: largest and most northerly large island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland
- Category: island
- Location: Inner Hebrides, Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- Postal codes: IV41, IV42, IV43, IV44, IV45, IV46, IV47, IV48, IV49, IV55 and IV56
Latitude of center 57.3° or 57° 18' north | Longitude of center -6.25° or 6° 15' west |
Population 10,000 | IATA airport code SKL |
United Nations Location Code GB ISK | Elevation 105 feet (32 metres) |
GeoNames ID 2637681 |
Also Known As
- Arabic: جزيرة سكاي
- Armenian: Սքայ
- Asturian: Skye
- Basque: Skye
- Belarusian: Востраў Скай
- Belarusian: Скай
- Breton: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach
- Breton: Enez Sgitheanach
- Breton: Isle of Skye
- Breton: Sgitheanach
- Breton: Skye
- Bulgarian: Скай
- Catalan: Skye
- Cebuano: Island of Skye
- Cebuano: Isle of Skye, Scotland
- Chinese: 斯凯岛
- Chinese: 斯凱島
- Chinese: 斯開島
- Czech: Isle of Skye
- Czech: Ostrov Skye
- Czech: Skye
- Czech: ostrov Skye
- Danish: Isle of Skye
- Danish: Skye
- Dutch: An t-Eilean Sgiathanach
- Dutch: Eilean Sgiathanach
- Dutch: Island of Skye
- Dutch: Isle of Skye
- Dutch: Skye
- Egyptian Arabic: جزيره سكاى
- English: Isle of Skye
- Esperanto: Insulo Skye
- Esperanto: Skye
- Estonian: Skye
- Finnish: Skye
- French: Isle of Skye
- French: Skye
- French: Île de Skye
- Galician: Illa de Skye
- Galician: Skye
- German: Isle of Skye
- German: Skye
- Greek: Νήσος Σκάι
- Greek: Σκάι
- Hebrew: האי סקאי
- Hebrew: סקאי
- Hebrew: סקיי
- Hungarian: Skye
- Icelandic: Skye-eyja
- Icelandic: Skíð
- Indonesian: Skye
- Irish: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach
- Irish: An t-Oileán Sgitheanach
- Irish: An tEilean Sgitheanach
- Italian: Isola di Skye
- Italian: Skye
- Japanese: スカイ島
- Korean: 스카이섬
- Korean: 스카이 섬
- Latin: Skia
- Lithuanian: Skajus
- Low German: Skye
- Malagasy: Skye
- Norwegian: Skye
- Norwegian Bokmål: Isle of Skye
- Norwegian Bokmål: Skye
- Norwegian Nynorsk: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Eilean a' Cheó
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Isle of Skye
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Skið
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Skye
- Occitan (post 1500): Skye
- Ossetian: Скай
- Persian: اسکای
- Persian: سکای
- Polish: Skye
- Polish: Wyspa Skye
- Portuguese: Ilha de Skye
- Portuguese: Isle of skye
- Portuguese: Skye
- Romanian: Skye
- Russian: Остров Скай
- Russian: Скай
- Scots: Skye
- Scottish Gaelic: An Eilean Sgitheanach
- Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach
- Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Sgitheanach
- Serbian: Скај
- Serbo-Croatian: Skye
- Slovak: Skye
- Spanish: Isla de Skye
- Spanish: Skye
- Spanish: Skye island
- Swedish: Isle of Skye
- Swedish: Skye
- Turkish: Skye
- Turkish: Skye Adası
- Ukrainian: Скай
- Urdu: سکائی
- Vietnamese: Skye
- Welsh: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach
- Welsh: Skye
- Welsh: Ynys Skye
- Welsh: Yr Ynys Hir
- Western Panjabi: سکائی
- Wu Chinese: 斯凯岛
- Zeeuws: Skye
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