Hellisay
Sign in to saveHellisay (Scottish Gaelic: Theiliseigh) is a currently uninhabited island and is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the southern Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The narrow Sound of Gighay lies between Hellisay and its neighbouring island.
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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
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- Hellisay.jpg
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- Hellisay
- located in/on physical feature
- Sea of the Hebrides
- historic county
- Inverness-shire
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Hellisay (Scottish Gaelic: Theiliseigh) is a currently uninhabited island and is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the southern Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The narrow Sound of Gighay lies between Hellisay and its neighbouring island.
==Geography and geology== left|thumb|Bàgh Hintis looking west Hellisay is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. of a string of islands in the Sound of Barra, Hellisay lies close to its neighbour Gighay, with a narrow channel, the Sound of Gighay, between.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hellisay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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