| 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 | 02 |
 | |
| References | 3 |
Stromay (Scottish Gaelic: Sròmaigh) is a tidal island4 off North Uist in the Sound of Harris, Scotland.
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
Footnotes
Footnotes
- 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.
- "Stromay". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
- J.D. Hansom. "Loch Maddy - Sound Of Harris Coastline" (PDF). JNCC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- 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.
57°39′26″N 7°8′18″W / 57.65722°N 7.13833°W / 57.65722; -7.13833