Shillay
Sign in to savethumb Shillay () is an uninhabited island which lies 2 km north of Pabbay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 112 inbound references to Shillay, and connects out to Scottish Gaelic, Outer Hebrides and Ensay.
The entry is geolocated on the map in GB, across 4 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Islands of the Sound of Harris and Uninhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Scottish island.GridReference
- NF880913
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Outer Hebrides
- Scottish island.caption
- Shillay shown within the Outer Hebrides
- Scottish island.celtic name
- Siolaigh
- Scottish island.norse name
- selr-øy
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- seal island
- Scottish island.area
- 47 ha (116 acres)
- Scottish island.area rank
- 208
- Scottish island.highest elevation
- 79 m (259 ft)
- Scottish island.Population
- 0
- Scottish island.island group
- Lewis and Harris
- Scottish island.local authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Outer Hebrides
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Outer Hebrides
- Area
- 0.47
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Shillay from the south - geograph-2557921.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- historic county
- Inverness-shire
- located in/on physical feature
- Outer Hebrides
- Commons category
- Siolaigh
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Footnotes
thumb Shillay () is an uninhabited island which lies 2 km north of Pabbay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
The name is derived from the Norse selr-øy meaning seal island and is a Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve owing to its international importance for breeding grey seals.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shillay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
4 mapped locations
Available in 11 languages
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