Stromay

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

Key Information

Scottish Gaelic name	Sròmaigh
Old 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°39′25″N 7°08′17″W / 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
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	0[2]
References	[3]
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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]

1. ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent. 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census and 101 such islands in 2022.
2. ^ "Stromay". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
3. ^ ^{a b} Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
4. ^ ^{a b} J.D. Hansom. "Loch Maddy - Sound Of Harris Coastline" (PDF). JNCC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
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.

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57°39′26″N 7°8′18″W / 57.65722°N 7.13833°W / 57.65722; -7.13833