Calvay
Sign in to savethumb Calvay () is a currently uninhabited island situated in the Sound of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides, at . It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation.
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- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Outer Hebrides
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Outer Hebrides
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- The small island of Calbhaigh - geograph.org.uk - 1476945.jpg
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- located in/on physical feature
- Outer Hebrides
- historic county
- Inverness-shire
- Commons category
- Calbhaigh, Sound of Eriskay
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Encyclopedic overview
thumb Calvay () is a currently uninhabited island situated in the Sound of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides, at . It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation.
It was here that the ship SS Politician ran aground with a cargo of whisky in 1941 and inadvertently provided the inspiration for Compton MacKenzie's 1947 novel Whisky Galore.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Calvay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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