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|norse name=Grímsey |
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|norse name=Grímsey |
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|meaning of name=ON: ''Grim's Island'' |
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|meaning of name=ON: ''Grim's Island'' |
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|area= {{convert|833|ha|sqmi|2}} |
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|area= {{cvt|833|ha|sqmi|frac=8}} |
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|area rank= 58 |
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|area rank= 58 |
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|highest elevation= {{convert|22|m}} |
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|highest elevation= {{cvt|22|m}} |
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|Population=169<ref name=NRS>{{NRS1C}}</ref> |
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|Population=169<ref name=NRS>{{NRS1C}}</ref> |
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|population rank= 36 |
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|population rank= 36 |
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|population density =20 people/km<sup>2</sup><ref name=NRS/><ref name=Smith/> |
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|population density ={{cvt|20|PD/km2}}<ref name=NRS/><ref name=Smith/> |
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|main settlement= Bàgh Mòr and Ceallan |
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|main settlement= Bàgh Mòr and Ceallan |
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|island group=] and ] |
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|island group=] and ] |
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==Geography== |
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==Geography== |
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Grimsay is the largest of the low-lying stepping-stones which convey the Oitir Mhòr (North Ford) causeway, a five-mile arc of single track road linking ] and ] via the western tip of Grimsay.<ref name="geo">{{cite web |title=Overview of Grimsay |publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1998.html |accessdate=22 July 2007}}</ref> Until it opened in 1960,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OvExCEpSNJoC&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=The Outer Hebrides: Sea Kayaking Around the Isles & St Kilda |isbn=9781906095093 |last1=Sullivan |first1=Mike |last3=Pickering |first3=Timothy |first2=Mike |last2=Sullivan |year=2010}}</ref> a ferry linked ] (on North Uist) with Gramsdale (on Benbecula), but could only operate at high tide.<ref name=damp/> There was also a ford which could only be crossed close to low water, usually only with a guide.<ref name=damp/> For significant parts of each day the North Ford was too wet to ford and not wet enough to cross by ferry.<ref name=damp>{{cite web |url=http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/grimsay/grimsay/ |title=Feature Page: Grimsay |publisher=Undiscovered Scotland |accessdate=22 July 2007}}</ref> East of Grimsay lie several smaller islands including ] which was inhabited until 1931.<ref name="Smith"/> |
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Grimsay is the largest of the low-lying stepping-stones which convey the Oitir Mhòr (North Ford) causeway, a {{convert|5|mi|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} arc of single track road linking ] and ] via the western tip of Grimsay.<ref name="geo">{{cite web |title=Overview of Grimsay |publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1998.html |accessdate=22 July 2007}}</ref> Until it opened in 1960,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OvExCEpSNJoC&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=The Outer Hebrides: Sea Kayaking Around the Isles & St Kilda |isbn=9781906095093 |last1=Sullivan |first1=Mike |last3=Pickering |first3=Timothy |first2=Mike |last2=Sullivan |year=2010}}</ref> a ferry linked ] (on North Uist) with Gramsdale (on Benbecula), but could only operate at high tide.<ref name=damp/> There was also a ford which could only be crossed close to low water, usually only with a guide.<ref name=damp/> For significant parts of each day the North Ford was too wet to ford and not wet enough to cross by ferry.<ref name=damp>{{cite web |url=http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/grimsay/grimsay/ |title=Feature Page: Grimsay |publisher=Undiscovered Scotland |accessdate=22 July 2007}}</ref> East of Grimsay lie several smaller islands including ] which was inhabited until 1931.<ref name="Smith"/> |
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==Inhabitants== |
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Grimsay is the largest of the low-lying stepping-stones which convey the Oitir Mhòr (North Ford) causeway, a 5-mile (8.0-kilometre) arc of single track road linking North Uist and Benbecula via the western tip of Grimsay. Until it opened in 1960, a ferry linked Carinish (on North Uist) with Gramsdale (on Benbecula), but could only operate at high tide. There was also a ford which could only be crossed close to low water, usually only with a guide. For significant parts of each day the North Ford was too wet to ford and not wet enough to cross by ferry. East of Grimsay lie several smaller islands including Ronay which was inhabited until 1931.
GrimsayGrimsay shown within the Outer Hebrides
Bagh Mòr on Grimsay, with Ronay in distance
A wheelhouse on Grimsay
