Stocaigh

Stocaigh
Location
Stocaigh
Stocaigh shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference NF660630
Names
Norse name Stok-ey
Meaning of name "Chasm island", from Norse
Area and summit
Area <40 ha
Highest elevation  m
Population
Population 0
Groupings
Island group Monach Islands
Local Authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
References [1][2][3][4]
If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census.

Stocaigh (Stockay) is one of the Monach Islands. It is a kilometre east of Coilleag Mhòr nan Dàmh in the far north east of Ceann Ear. On its east shore is the Camas Bàn, which is named for its white sand, which consists of finely ground sea shells

Footnotes

  1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543. 
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey
  4. ^ Iain Mac an Tailleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesP-Z.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-08.