Boreray, St Kilda
Boreray (Scots Gaelic: Boraraigh, pronounced [pɔrˠarˠɤi]) is an uninhabitit island in the St Kilda airchipelago in the North Atlantic.
| Gaelic name | Boraraigh |
|---|---|
| Meanin o name | "Fort island", frae Norse |
| Location | |
  Boreray Boreray shawn within the Ooter Hebrides | |
| OS grid reference | NA153053 |
| Coordinates | 57°52′N 8°30′W / 57.87°N 8.5°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | St Kilda |
| Aurie | 86 ha (0.33 sq mi)[1] |
| Aurie rank | 155= [2] |
| Heichest elevation | Mullach an Eilein 384 m (1,260 ft) |
| Admeenistration | |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Kintra | Scotland |
| Cooncil aurie | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
| Demografics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Population rank | 0 [2] |
 | |
| References | [3][4][5][6] |
References
eedit- ↑ "World Heritage Sites Protected Areas Programme - St Kilda". United Nations Environment Programme. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 5 Julie 2007. Retrieved 5 Januar 2008.
- ↑ a b Aurie an population ranks: thare are c. 300 islands ower 20 ha in extent an 93 permanently inhabitit islands war leetit in the 2011 census.
- ↑ 2001 UK Census per Leet o islands o Scotland
- ↑ Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 323-36
- ↑ Ordnance Survey
- ↑ Iain Mac an Tailleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 28 Julie 2007.