Scalpay, Outer Hebrides
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{{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 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]
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