Oldany Island
{{short description|Tidal island in Assynt, Sutherland, north-west Scotland}}
{{distinguish|Alderney}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Scottish island |
|location_map=Scotland Sutherland
|coordinates = {{coord|58.26|-5.26|display=inline}}
|GridReference=NC088345
|celtic name=
|norse name=
|meaning of name=fruit
|area rank= 109
|highest elevation= Sidhean nan Ealachan 104 m
|Population=0
|population rank=
|main settlement=
|island group=Highland / Islands of Sutherland
|local authority=Highland Council
|references={{cite web| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurehistory1672.html | title=Overview of Oldany| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| access-date=2007-12-14}}{{NRS1C}}Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 15 Loch Assynt (Lochinver & Kylesku)|ISBN=9780319231265|publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2012}}
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Oldany Island (formerly Oldney Island) is an uninhabited island in Assynt, Sutherland, north-west Scotland.
The name is Norse in origin and possibly means fruit.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TvoSAwAAQBAJ&dq=Soyea+Island&pg=PA15|title=Place names Highlands & Islands of Scotland|year=1922|publisher=Alex. Macbain|isbn=9785878525244|access-date=26 October 2018}}
Geography
Oldany Island is a large tidal island at the southwestern entrance to Eddrachillis Bay/Kylesku. It has an area of 200 hectares (500 acres) and its highest point is Sìdhean nan Ealachan (The Swans' Fairy Mound) at {{convert|104|m|ft}}. Handa Island is to the north, across Eddrachillis Bay; Eilean Chrona is to the south west and Sgeir nan Gall (Norsemen's Skerry) is to the north. The island is part of the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.[http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/protected-areas/national-designations/nsa/ "National Scenic Areas"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311014235/http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/protected-areas/national-designations/nsa/ |date=2017-03-11 }}. SNH. Retrieved 30 Mar 2011.
The settlement of Oldany is on the adjacent mainland. The island has long been used for grazing sheep. Oldany island is owned by the Turner family.{{cite web|url=http://www.whoownsscotland.org.uk/page_cache/su/oldany%20.htm|title=Property Page:Oldany|work=Who owns Scotland|access-date=2008-01-21}}{{dead link|date=May 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} [http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:FNXYHZsCKBUJ:www.whoownsscotland.org.uk/page_cache/su/oldany%2520.htm+oldany&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=uk Alt URL]
File:Oldany1.jpg|View of Oldany Island from Culkein Drumbeg (mainland), showing many of the islets to the island's east.
File:Oldany2.jpg|Oldany Island on the right, seen from the mainland (left)
Notes and references
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Category:Islands of Sutherland
Category:Tidal islands of Scotland
Category:Uninhabited islands of Highland (council area)
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