词条 | Vallay |
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|coordinates = {{coord|57.660690|-7.419152|display=inline}} |location_map=Scotland Outer Hebrides |caption=Vallay shown within the Outer Hebrides |GridReference=NF769763 |celtic name=Bhàlaigh |norse name= |meaning of name=hill island |area= {{convert|260|ha|sqmi|2}} |area rank=94 |highest elevation= {{convert|38|m|ft|0}} |Population=0[1] |population rank= |main settlement= |island group=Outer Hebrides |local authority=Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |references=[2][3] }} Vallay ({{lang-gd|Bhàlaigh}}) is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It is linked to North Uist by a long beach at low tide. Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people, its best-known inhabitant was the archaeologist Erskine Beveridge. The island is also known for its sea birds and for prehistoric monuments. It is the smallest Scottish island to have an area greater than {{convert|1|sqmi|km2|2|abbr=off}}. {{clear|left}}References1. ^{{NRS1C}} {{commons category|position=left}}{{Islands of Scotland}}{{coord|57.66167|N|7.40671|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(NF777764)|display=title}}{{Scotland-SSSI-stub}}{{WesternIsles-geo-stub}}2. ^{{Ordnance Survey}} 3. ^Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate. 4 : Uist islands|Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Western Isles South|Uninhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides|Tidal islands of Scotland |
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