| Staffin Island | |
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| Location | |
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Staffin Island
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| Eilean an Ròin Mòr shown relative to Skye | |
| OS grid reference | NG491693 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name | Eilean Stafainn |
| Norse name | Possibly Fladdaidh.[1] |
| Meaning of name | Norse for "flat island".[2] |
| Area and summit | |
| Area | c.20 ha[3] |
| Highest elevation | c.10 metres (33 ft)[3] |
| Groupings | |
| Island group | Skye |
| Local Authority | Highland |
| If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census. | |
Staffin Island[4][3] (possibly also known as Stenscholl Island[1]) is an islet off the east coast of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye in Scotland.
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.[5] "Stenscholl" is an area of Staffin.[3]
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.[6]
"The Hut on Staffin Island" is a tune composed by Phil Cunningham.[7]
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