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 an elevation of 104 metres (341 feet) at Beinn Scorabhaig. The location of Scalpay is 653 hectares (2.52 sq mi). The major settlement on the island is at the north, near the bridge, clustered around An Acairseid a Tuath (North Harbour). The island is peppered with small lochans. The largest of these is Loch an Duin (Loch of the Fort) which has a tiny island in it, with the remains of the fort still visible. Eilean Glas, a little peninsula on Scalpay's eastern coast, is home to the very first lighthouse to be built in the Outer Hebrides. Scalpay's local neighbor, Harris, is simply 300 metres (980 feet) away throughout the narrows of Caolas Scalpaigh. In 1997, a bridge from Harris to Scalpay was developed, changing a ferry service. In 2001, the island had 322 individuals, whose major work was fish farming as well as prawn angling. By 2011 the population had decreased by 9% to 291 whilst during the very same period Scottish island populations all at once expanded by 4% to 103,702.
