Stromay

Stromay (Scottish Gaelic: Sròmaigh) is a tidal island[4] off North Uist in the Sound of Harris, Scotland.

Stromay

Gaelic name	Sròmaigh
Norse name	Straum-øy
Meaning of name	Old Norse for 'island in the tidal stream'.
Location
Stromay Stromay shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference	NF936746
Coordinates	57.657°N 7.138°W / 57.657; -7.138
Physical geography
Island group	Uists and Barra
Area	66 ha (163 acres)
Area rank	178 [1]
Highest elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Administration
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar
Demographics
Population	0[2]
References	[3]

Not to be confused with Island of Stroma.

The low island of Stromay lies between two wide, shallow sea lochs, Loch Mhic Phàil and Loch Aulasary.[4] Stromay is joined to North Uist for most of the tidal cycle.

A smaller islet of the same name lies between Harris and Ensay,[5] and another (Stròmaigh) between North Uist and Kirkibost.[3]

There are extensive sands and rocks offshore that are exposed at low tide.[6]

See also

• List of Outer Hebrides

Footnotes

1. Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
2. "Stromay". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
3. Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
4. J.D. Hansom. "Loch Maddy - Sound Of Harris Coastline" (PDF). JNCC. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
5. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
6. Rick Livingstone’s Tables provide an area of 100 hectares (250 acres), which may include the inter-tidal zone. Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.

Stromay from the air, looking west. The narrow channel of Sruth Beag between Stromay and North Uist is at centre