Scalpay, Outer Hebrides 500590 215901432 2008-05-30T05:20:00Z Pigman 285310 clean up using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{for|the larger island in the Inner Hebrides|Scalpay, Inner Hebrides}} {{Infobox Scottish island | |latitude=57.87 |longitude=-6.69 |GridReference=NG214965 |celtic name=Sgalpaigh Na Hearadh/Sgalpaidh |norse name= |meaning of name=Ship Island |area= 653 ha |area rank= 66 |highest elevation=Beinn Scorabhaig 104&nbsp;m |Population=322 |population rank=26 |main settlement=An Acarsaid a Tuath (North Harbour) |island group=[[Lewis and Harris]] |local authority=[[Comhairle nan Eilean Siar]] |references=<ref>2001 UK Census per [[List of islands of Scotland]]</ref><ref name=Smith>{{cite book| author=Haswell-Smith, Hamish| date=1997| title=The Scottish Islands| location=Edinburgh| publisher=Canongate| isbn=0862415799}}</ref><ref>{{cite map| url=http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/| title=1:50,000| publisher=[[Ordnance Survey]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesP-Z.pdf| title=Pàrlamaid na h-Alba placenames| accessdate=2007-07-21}}</ref> }} [[Image:Scalpay - Outer Hebrides.jpg|thumb|left|Scalpay, looking roughly west to the [[Harris|North Harris]] hills.]] '''Scalpay''' ([[Scottish Gaelic]]: ''Sgalpaigh'', also "Sgalpaigh na Hearadh" (of [[Harris]]) to distinguish it from the other Scalpay) is an [[island]] in the [[Outer Hebrides]] of [[Scotland]]. ==Geography== Scalpay is around 2.5 miles (4 km) long and rises to a height of 341 ft (104 m) at Beinn Scorabhaig. Scalpay's nearest neighbour, [[Harris]] is just 330 yds (300 m) away over narrow Caolas Scalpaigh. The two islands were linked in [[1997]] by a [[bridge]] that replaced the ferry service. The main settlement on the island is at the north, near the bridge, clustered around An Acairseid a Tuath (North Harbour). The island is peppered with small lochans. The largest of these is Loch an Duin (''Loch of the Fort'') which has a tiny island in it, with the remains of a fort still visible. In 2001, the island had a population of 322 people, whose main employment is [[fish farming]] and [[prawn]] fishing. The area of Scalpay is 2.5 square miles. [[Eilean Glas, Scalpay|Eilean Glas]], a tiny peninsula on Scalpay's eastern shore is home to the first [[lighthouse]] to be built in the Outer Hebrides. ==See also== * [[Ailein duinn]] ==External links== * [http://www.scalpay.com/ Island website] <references/> {{Geolinks-cityscale|57.8703|-6.6924}} {{Lewis and Harris}} {{Hebrides}} [[Category:Islands of the Outer Hebrides]] [[Category:Harris]] {{WesternIsles-geo-stub}} [[de:Scalpay (Äußere Hebriden)]] [[fr:Scalpay (Hébrides extérieures)]]