Taransay
Taransay (, ) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It was the host of the British television series Castaway 2000. Uninhabited since 1974, except for holidaymakers, Taransay is the largest Scottish island without a permanent population. It is larger than Scarba, which is also uninhabited.
Key facts
- Scottish island.Image
- File:West Loch Tarbert, Isle of Harris and Lewis, Scotland, 23 April 2011 - Flickr - PhillipC.jpg
- Scottish island.ImageCaption
- Taransay in West Loch Tarbert
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Outer Hebrides
- Scottish island.caption
- Taransay shown within the Outer Hebrides
- Scottish island.GridReference
- NB025013
- Scottish island.norse name
- Taransey
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- Old Norse for 'Tara island'
- Scottish island.area rank
- 38
- Scottish island.highest elevation
- Ben Raah
- Scottish island.Population
- Uninhabited since 1974
- Scottish island.main settlement
- Paibeil
- Scottish island.island group
- Lewis and Harris
- Scottish island.local authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Wildlife
- History
- ''Castaway''
- ''The Rocket Post''
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Taransay (, ) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It was the host of the British television series Castaway 2000. Uninhabited since 1974, except for holidaymakers, Taransay is the largest Scottish island without a permanent population. It is larger than Scarba, which is also uninhabited.
==Geography== thumb|leftTaransay lies from Harris, separated by a stretch of sea called the Sound of Taransay. It is also part of the civil parish of Harris and the Na h-Eileanan Siar council area of Scotland. Crossings between the two islands are dependent on calm weather and there are no harbours for large boats on Taransay or the west coast of Harris. Taransay is long, and, at its widest point, across, with an area of .