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Grimsay
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Also known as Griomasaigh

Grimsay () is a tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

Key facts

Scottish island.main settlement
Bàgh Mòr and Ceallan
Scottish island.island group
Uist and Barra
Scottish island.local authority
Outer Hebrides
Scottish island.location_map
Scotland Outer Hebrides
Scottish island.caption
Grimsay shown within the Outer Hebrides
Scottish island.GridReference
NF855572
Scottish island.celtic name
Griomasaigh
Scottish island.norse name
Grímsey
Scottish island.meaning of name
ON: ''Grim's Island''
Scottish island.area rank
58
Scottish island.Population
149
Scottish island.population rank
40

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
tidal island
Located in
Outer Hebrides
Population
201
Area
833
Elevation
22
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Body of water
Sea of the Hebrides
Image
Baghmor.jpg
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located in/on physical feature
Outer Hebrides
Commons category
Grimsay
historic county
Inverness-shire
different from
Grímsey
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Inhabitants
  • History
  • Notes
  • Citations

Grimsay () is a tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

==Geography== Grimsay is the largest of the low-lying stepping-stones which convey the Oitir Mhòr (North Ford) causeway, a arc of single track road linking North Uist and Benbecula via the western tip of Grimsay. Until it opened in 1960, a ferry linked Carinish (on North Uist) with Gramsdale (on Benbecula), but could only operate at high tide. There was also a ford which could only be crossed close to low water, usually only with a guide. For significant parts of each day the North Ford was too wet to ford and not wet enough to cross by ferry. East of Grimsay lie several smaller islands including Ronay which was inhabited until 1931.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grimsay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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