Oronsay, Outer Hebrides

{{Short description|Island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland}}

{{for|islands with similar names|List of islands called Oronsay}}

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

{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox Scottish island

|Image= Orasaigh, a small, tidal isle. - geograph.org.uk - 851454.jpg

|ImageCaption=Oronsay

|Map=

|coordinates = {{coord|57.66|-7.29|display=inline}}

|location_map=Scotland Outer Hebrides

|caption=Oronsay shown within the Outer Hebrides

|GridReference=NF845755

|official_name=Oronsay

|celtic name=Orasaigh

|norse name= Örfirirsey

|meaning of name=tidal or ebb island

|area= {{convert|85|ha|sqmi|2|abbr=on}}

|area rank= 157=

|highest elevation= {{convert|25|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

|Population=0

|population rank=

|main settlement=

|island group=Uist and Barra

|local authority=Na h-Eileanan Siar

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

url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesF-J.pdf| title=Placenames| author=Iain Mac an Tailleir| publisher=Pàrlamaid na h-Alba| access-date=2007-07-28}}

}}

Oronsay (Gaelic Orasaigh) is a tidal island off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. Lying to the north of Vallaquie Strand, the island has been uninhabited since the Highland Clearances.

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{{Hebrides (uninhabited)}}

{{coord|57|39|49|N|7|17|30|W|display=title|region:GB_type:isle}}

Category:Uist islands

Category:Cleared places in the Outer Hebrides

Category:Uninhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides

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