Calvay (Scottish Gaelic: Calbhaigh), is an uninhabited island situated in the Sound of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides.
It was here that the ship SS Politician ran aground with a cargo of whisky in 1941 and inadvertently provided the inspiration for Compton MacKenzie's 1947 novel Whiskey Galore.
A second island of the same name is located off the mouth of Loch Boisdale off the coast of South Uist about four miles to the north. This island contains a lighthouse and the ruins of an old castle called Castle Calvay/Caisteal Calbhaigh which is visible from the vehicle ferry at the entrance to the loch.
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