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Isle Of Scalpay
Scalpay is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Scalpay is around 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) long and also 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 settlement on the island is at the north, near the bridge, clustered around An Acairseid a Tuath (North Harbour). The island is peppered with tiny lochans. The biggest of these is Loch an Duin (Loch of the Ft) which has a tiny island in it, with the remains of the ft still noticeable. Eilean Glas, a small peninsula on Scalpay's eastern coast, is house to the first lighthouse to be constructed in the Outer Hebrides. Scalpay's closest neighbor, Harris, is just 300 metres (980 feet) away across the tightens of Caolas Scalpaigh. In 1997, a bridge from Harris to Scalpay was built, replacing a ferryboat solution. In 2001, the island had 322 people, whose main work was fish farming and also prawn fishing. By 2011 the population had actually decreased by 9% to 291 whilst throughout the very same period Scottish island populations all at once grew by 4% to 103,702.