A vehicle crossing over The Strand at low tide from Oransay to Colonsay, Inner Hebrides, Argyll & Bute, Scotland, UK.
Oronsay (Scottish Gaelic: Orasaigh), also sometimes spelt and pronounced Oransay by the local community, is a small tidal island south of Colonsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides with an area of 543 hectares (1,340 acres).[3][note 1] The island rises to a height of 93 m (305 ft) at Beinn Orasaigh and is linked to Colonsay by a tidal causeway (called An Traigh (The Strand)) consisting of sands and mud flats. In the 2001 census Oronsay was recorded as having a population of five people, who lived at the farm adjacent to Oronsay Priory. In 2011 the population had risen to eight.[5] The island has no facilities for visitors and is now privately owned, with the RSPB farming the island for the American owner. It is dependent upon tidal access to and from Colonsay.
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Location: The Strand, Colonsay, Inner hebrides, Argyll & Bute Scotland, UK
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