| Pabay | |
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| Location | |
 Pabay
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| Pabay shown relative to Skye | |
| OS grid reference | NG674271 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name | Pabaigh |
| Norse name | Papey |
| Meaning of name | Island of the papar |
| Area and summit | |
| Area | 122 hectares (0.47 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 136= |
| Highest elevation | 28 metres (92 ft) |
| Population | |
| Population | 0 |
| Groupings | |
| Island group | Isle of Skye |
| Local Authority | Highland Council |
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| References | [1][2][3] |
| If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census. | |
Pabay is a Scottish island just off the coast of the Skye.
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[edit] Geography
Pabay is an island in the Inner Sound of Skye, north of Broadford. It lies south of Longay and east of the larger Scalpay.[4]
The island is formed of fossil-containing limestone, with some micaceous shale, named Pabba Shale.[5] It forms a flat plateau with cliffs on the North and East shores. The surrounding low reefs encroach on its shores and double the area at low water.[5]
[edit] History
Dean Monro in 1549 gave the following description:
At the shore of Skye foresaid, lies an isle called Pabay, near one mile in length, full of woods, good for fishing, and a main shelter for thieves and cut-throats, it pertains to Mackinnon.[6]
Pabay was inhabited in the 19th century.[7] The island has a single house and is only accessible by boat or helicopter.[5]
It issues its own postage stamps.[4]
[edit] Flora
Pabay's flora consists of heath, dry grassland, herb marsh, salt marsh, woodland remnants and 30.5 hectares (75 acres) of newly planted trees.[5]
[edit] Art
"Cricket on Pabay" is a painting by Elizabeth Edenborough.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ a b "Overview for Pabay". Gazetteer for Scotland. http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1614.html. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ a b c d "Isle of Pabay - History". http://www.pabay.org/pa_hist.html. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ Monro, Donald (High Dean of the Isles), Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (William Auld, Edinburgh, 1774), at page 26 (Google Books, accessed on 13 July 2010)
- ^ Samuel Lewis (1846). A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland: Pabay. pp. 337–51. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43469. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- ^ "Cricket on Pabay" elizabethedenborough.co.uk Retrieved 31 July 2010.
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 57°16′N 5°51′W / 57.267°N 5.85°W
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