Oronsay, Outer Hebrides
# Oronsay, Outer Hebrides

Oronsay (Gaelic Orasaigh) is a tidal island off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. Lying to the north of Vallaquie Strand, the island has been uninhabited since the Highland Clearances.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
* ↑ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
* 1 2 Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
* ↑ Ordnance Survey
* ↑ Iain Mac an Tailleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 28 July 2007.

57°39′49″N 7°17′30″W﻿ / ﻿57.66361°N 7.29167°W﻿ / 57.66361; -7.29167

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