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Introduction
Scalpay
Sgalpaigh (ld) Geography Country United Kingdom Archipelago Inner Hebrides (The Inner Hebrides (Inner Hebrides in English, Na h-Eileanan a-staigh in…) Location Atlantic Ocean (The Atlantic Ocean is one of the five oceans of Earth. Its surface area…) Coordinates Area 24.83 km2 Highest point Mullach na Càrn (400 m) Geology Mainland island Administration United Kingdom Constituent nation Scotland Demography (Demography (in Greek…) Population 10 hab. (2001) Density 0.4 inhab./km2 Other information Discovery Prehistory Time zone UTC+0 United Kingdom Islands
Scalpay (Sgalpaigh, the island of the sailboat in Scottish Gaelic) is an island in the archipelago (An archipelago is a set of islands relatively close to each other. The proximity…) of the Inner Hebrides (Na h-Innse Gall, in Scottish) is an archipelago of the United Kingdom located…) Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
Geography and history
The Isle of Skye seen from Scalpay.
Separated from the east coast of the Isle of Skye by the Loch (A loch is a body of water; it can be a lake (freshwater loch) or an arm…) na Cairidh, Scalpay culminates at 400 meters above sea level at Mullach na Càrn; its surface area is approximately 25 square kilometers.
Scalpay, otherwise privately owned, is home to a deer farm, as well as a game reserve and rental houses for visitors. Although the island has coniferous plantations, it remains mostly covered by heather (Heather represents more than 800 species of dicotyledonous plants in the…).
The wealthy shipowner and politician Donald Currie owned the island in the late 19th century; it was he who had the first roads built and ordered most of the tree planting.
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