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Staffin Island

Scottish Gaelic name	Eilean Stafainn
Old Norse name	Fladdaidh(?)
Meaning of name	Norse for "flat island".
Staffin Island from The Quirang
Location
Staffin IslandStaffin Island shown relative to Skye
OS grid reference	NG491693
Coordinates	57°38′24″N 6°12′18″W / 57.64°N 6.205°W / 57.64; -6.205
Physical geography
Island group	Skye
Area	22 ha
Highest elevation	c. 10 metres (33 ft)
Administration
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	0
References

Staffin Island (possibly also known as Stenscholl Island) is an uninhabited islet off the east coast of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye in Scotland.

The Norse name may have been Fladdaidh 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.

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.

"The Hut on Staffin Island" is a tune composed by Phil Cunningham.

See also

• Flodday

Notes

1. ^ "Fladdaidh" Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Staffin Community Trust. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
2. Orkney placenames. Orkneyjar. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
3. Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
4. ^ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
5. Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 174
6. "Staffin Island". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
7. Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 107
8. "Skye crofter 'last' to swim his cattle between grazings" (11 February 2011) BBC News. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
9. "The Hut on Staffin Island" nigelgatherer.com. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

References

• Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
• Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

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