geo.wikisort.org - IslandStaffin Island[4][5] (possibly also known as Stenscholl Island[1]) is an uninhabited[6] islet off the east coast of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye in Scotland.
Staffin IslandScottish Gaelic name | Eilean Stafainn |
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Old Norse name | Fladdaidh(?)[1] |
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Meaning of name | Norse for "flat island".[2] |
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Staffin Island from The Quirang |
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Staffin Island shown relative to Skye |
OS grid reference | NG491693 |
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Coordinates | 57.64°N 6.205°W / 57.64; -6.205 |
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Island group | Skye |
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Area | 22 ha[3] |
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Highest elevation | c. 10 metres (33 ft)[4] |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Country | Scotland |
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Council area | Highland |
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Population | 0 |
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References | [4] |
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The Norse name may have been Fladdaidh[1] meaning "flat island". The Gaelic name Eilean Stafainn has the same meaning as the modern English name which is taken from the nearby settlement of Staffin.[7]
In 2011 it was reported that the island may be the last in Scotland where the old tradition of having cattle swim between grazings is still carried out.
Crofter Iain MacDonald, who used to swim with the animals, now uses a boat to encourage them to swim from Staffin Island to Skye in early spring and back again in October.[8]
"The Hut on Staffin Island" is a tune composed by Phil Cunningham.[9]
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Main settlements | |
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Crofting townships and settlements | |
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Mountains and hills | |
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History and prehistory |
- Armadale Castle
- Battle of the Braes
- Battle of the Spoiling Dyke
- Caisteal Maol
- Cill Chriosd
- Corriechatachan
- Dùn Ringill
- Dunvegan Castle
- Fairy Flag
- Flora MacDonald
- High Pasture Cave
- Sir Lachlan Mackinnon (clan chief)
- Neil Mackinnon
- Mugearite
- Sir Rory Mor's Horn
- Rubha an Dùnain
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Local culture |
- Skye Live Festival
- MacCrimmon pipers
- Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
- Skye Camanachd
- Talisker whisky
- Té Bheag
- "The Skye Boat Song"
- Isle of Skye Music Festival
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Peninsulas | |
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Surrounding islands | |
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Other |
- MV Glenachulish
- Skye Bridge
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Geography |
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Northern Isles | |
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Hebrides | |
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Other | |
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Prehistory |
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Prehistoric Orkney |
- Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site:
- Maeshowe
- Ness of Brodgar
- Ring of Brodgar
- Skara Brae
- Standing Stones of Stenness
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Prehistoric Shetland |
- Crucible of Iron Age Shetland:
- Broch of Mousa
- Jarlshof
- Old Scatness
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Prehistoric Western Isles | |
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History |
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Dál Riata | |
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Kingdom of the Isles |
- Scandinavian Scotland
- Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles
- Bishop of the Isles
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Lordship of the Isles |
- Treaty of Perth
- Treaty of Ardtornish-Westminster
- Finlaggan
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Earldom of Orkney |
- Buckquoy spindle-whorl
- Udal law
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18th and 19th Century |
- Clearances
- Jacobite risings
- Flora MacDonald
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Literature |
- Orkneyinga Saga
- Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (Monro)
- A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (Martin)
- A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (Johnson)
- The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (Boswell)
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Economy |
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Towns |
- Kirkwall
- Lerwick
- Rothesay
- Stornoway
- Stromness
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Agencies | |
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Oil industry | |
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Culture |
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Shetland | |
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Orkney | |
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Outer Hebrides | |
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Inner Hebrides | |
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Politics |
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Local authorities |
- Shetland Islands Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
- Highland Council
- Argyll and Bute
- North Ayrshire
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Wildlife |
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Fauna |
- Fair Isle wren
- Orkney vole
- Shetland wren
- St Kilda field mouse
- St Kilda wren
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Flora |
- Arran whitebeams
- Scottish Primrose
- Shetland Mouse-ear
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Domesticated animals |
- Cairn Terrier
- Eriskay Pony
- Hebridean Blackface
- Luing cattle
- North Ronaldsay sheep
- Scottie
- Sheltie
- Shetland cattle
- Shetland Goose
- Shetland pony
- Shetland sheep
- Soay sheep
- Westie
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Geology |
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Shetland | |
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Geology of Orkney |
- Eday Group
- Orcadian Basin
- Yesnaby Sandstone Group
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Hebrides |
- Colonsay Group
- Great Estuarine Group
- Hebridean Terrane
- Lewisian complex
- Lorne plateau lavas
- Moine Supergroup
- Moine Thrust Belt
- Mull
- Rhinns complex
- Skye
- Staffa
- Torridonian
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Islands of the Clyde | |
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