Isle Of Scalpay
Scalpay is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Scalpay is around 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) long and rises to a height of 104 metres (341 feet) at Beinn Scorabhaig. The location of Scalpay is 653 hectares (2.52 sq mi). The primary negotiation on the island goes to the north, near the bridge, gathered around An Acairseid a Tuath (North Harbour). The island is peppered with small lochans. The biggest of these is Loch an Duin (Loch of the Ft) which has a little island in it, with the remains of the fort still visible. Eilean Glas, a small peninsula on Scalpay's eastern shore, is residence to the very first lighthouse to be built in the Outer Hebrides. Scalpay's closest neighbour, Harris, is simply 300 metres (980 feet) away throughout the tightens of Caolas Scalpaigh. In 1997, a bridge from Harris to Scalpay was developed, replacing a ferry solution. In 2001, the island had 322 people, whose main employment was fish farming and prawn angling. By 2011 the population had actually decreased by 9% to 291 whilst throughout the very same period Scottish island populations as a whole expanded by 4% to 103,702.
