Pabay
Sign in to savePabay is a Scottish island just off the coast of Skye. The name Pabay is derived from an old Norse word meaning "priest's isle" and there are the remains of a 13th-century chapel.
Key facts
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Isle of Skye
- Scottish island.caption
- Pabay shown relative to Skye
- Scottish island.GridReference
- NG674271
- Scottish island.celtic name
- Pabaigh
- Scottish island.norse name
- Papey
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- Island of the papar
- Scottish island.area rank
- 136
- Scottish island.Population
- 0
- Scottish island.island group
- Isle of Skye
- Scottish island.local authority
- Highland
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- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Inner Hebrides
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Highland
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 1.22
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Pabay from Beinn na Cro.jpg
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- Pabay
- located in/on physical feature
- The Minch
- historic county
- Inverness-shire
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Pabay is a Scottish island just off the coast of Skye. The name Pabay is derived from an old Norse word meaning "priest's isle" and there are the remains of a 13th-century chapel.
==Geography== thumb|left|Pabay as seen from Beinn na Cro on Isle of Skye Pabay is an island in the Inner Sound of Skye, lying north of Broadford. It lies south of Longay and east of the larger Scalpay. Like most others of the name, is a low grassy island. It is in size, diamond-shaped and predominantly flat. The highest point is above sea level, with cliffs on the North and East shores.
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