Lampay is an uninhabited tidal island in
Loch Dunvegan
Loch Dunvegan (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Dhùn Bheagain''), is a sea loch on the west coast of the island of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Dunvegan, the village it was named after is located by its southern shore. The settlements of Gal ...
, off the northwest coast of the
Isle of Skye
The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye, is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated by the Cuillin, the rocky slopes of which provide some of ...
in Scotland.
It is separated from the "mainland" of Skye by a small sound called An Doirneil. It is not far from Claigan. The island doubles in size at low tide, and is really two islands connected by a thin isthmus. It is due south of
Isay.
Lampay.jpg, Bogland on Lampay
Lampayrocks.jpg, Rocks at the southwest of Lampay
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Skye and Lochalsh
Tidal islands of Scotland
Uninhabited islands of Highland (council area)
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