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Pabay shown relative to Skye
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OS grid reference | NG674271 |
Names | |
Gaelic name | Pabaigh |
Norse name | Papey |
Meaning of name | Island of the papar |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Isle of Skye |
Area | 122 hectares (0.47 sq mi) |
Area rank | 136= [1] |
Highest elevation | 28 metres (92 ft) |
Political geography | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Highland Council |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
References | [2][3][4] |
Pabay is a Scottish island just off the coast of the Skye.
Geography[edit]
Pabay is an island in the Inner Sound of Skye, north of Broadford. It lies south of Longay and east of the larger Scalpay.[5]
The island is formed of fossil-containing limestone, with some micaceous shale, named Pabba Shale.[6] 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.[6]
History[edit]
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.[7]
Pabay was inhabited in the 19th century.[8] The island has a single house and is only accessible by boat or helicopter.[6]
It issues its own postage stamps.[5]
Flora[edit]
Pabay's flora consists of heath, dry grassland, herb marsh, salt marsh, woodland remnants and 30.5 hectares (75 acres) of newly planted trees.[6]
Art[edit]
"Cricket on Pabay" is a painting by Elizabeth Edenborough.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands >20ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ a b c d "Isle of Pabay - History". 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. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- ^ "Cricket on Pabay" elizabethedenborough.co.uk Retrieved 31 July 2010.
External links[edit]
Coordinates: 57°16′30″N 5°51′35″W / 57.27500°N 5.85972°W
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