Sanday, Inner Hebrides
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| Sanday, Inner Hebrides | |
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| Location | |
  Sanday, Inner Hebrides
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| Sanday, Inner Hebrides shown within Scotland. | |
| OS grid reference: | NG282043 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name: | Sandaigh
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| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 184 ha |
| Area rank (Scottish islands): | 115 |
| Highest elevation: | 59 m (194 feet) |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | 6 |
| Population rank (inhabited Scottish islands): | 78= out of 97 |
| Groupings | |
| Island Group: | Small Isles |
| Local Authority: | Highland |
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| References: | [1][2] |
Sanday (Scottish Gaelic: Sandaigh) is one of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is a tidal island linked to its larger neighbor, Canna, via sandbanks at low tide, and also connected to the larger island by a bridge. Canna and Sanday form a single community, and are usually described as Canna.
Like its neighbour, Canna, the whole island is owned by the National Trust for Scotland, and is part of the Lochaber committee area of Highland Council.[3]
A small primary school on Sanday serves the communities of both islands, and currently - as of the year 2006-07 - educates a single student. A footbridge to the island was built in 1905 to allow pupils from Canna to reach the school regardless of the state of the tide. This bridge was destroyed by storms in 2005, and has been replaced by a road bridge which was completed in April 2006. This new bridge allows vehicular access at all tide levels between the two islands, although the road on Sanday is still covered by water during high tides.
From the mainland the island can be reached by the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry system from the port of Mallaig. Sanday includes rocks that are geologically part of the Paleocene and Eocene British Tertiary Volcanic Province, among some of the youngest rocks found in Scotland.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Patterson, A (June 2000). Seabird Enhancement Programme on the Islands of Canna and Sanday. Case Studies -- Species Regeneration. National Trust for Scotland. Retrieved on 2006-06-10.
- ^ Tertiary Igneous (TER-IGN). Geological Conservation Review GCR Database. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved on 2006-06-10.
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