Longay

{{Short description|Uninhabited Scottish island}}

{{distinguish|Longa Island}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox Scottish island

|location_map=Scotland Highland

|caption=Longay shown within Highland Scotland

|GridReference=NG658310

|coordinates = {{coord|57.31|-5.89|display=inline}}

|celtic name=Longaigh

|norse name=Long-øy

|meaning of name= longship island

|area= {{cvt|50|ha|sqmi|frac=32}}

|area rank= 199=

|highest elevation= {{cvt|67|m|ft|0}}

|Population=0

|population rank=

|main settlement=

|island group=Skye

|local authority=Highland

|references=2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland{{Haswell-Smith}}[http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey]

}}

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Longay ({{langx|gd|Longaigh}}) is a small uninhabited Scottish island in the Inner Sound just off the coast of the Isle of Skye, north of Pabay and east of Scalpay.{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1621.html | title=Overview of Longay| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| access-date=4 October 2008}}{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurehistory1621.html | title=History of Longay| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| access-date=4 October 2008}}

In 1971, the Caledonian MacBrayne mailboat Loch Seaforth ran aground on the island, sustaining only minimal damage.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/h_loch_seaforth.asp| title=Loch Seaforth - History |publisher=Ships of Calmac |access-date=2008-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614063715/https://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/h_loch_seaforth.asp |archive-date=2011-06-14 |url-status=dead}}

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