Pabay

Pabay ( Scottish Gaelic Pabaigh, Old Norse Papey, German as: " Holy Isle " ) is an island belonging to Scotland Inner Hebrides.

Name

The island is after the papar ( Irish of pap, German: " Pope " ) named. These were Irish monks who were resident in Iceland before the arrival of the Norwegians.

Geography

Pabay is located near the island of Skye in the Inner Sound of Skye, approximately four kilometers northeast of the village of Broadford. North of Pabay is the island Longay, west of the island of Scalpay.

Pabay is approximately 1.22 km ². The island is approximately circular. The island is different from the surrounding islands, mostly flat with cliffs on the north and east coasts. The highest point is 28 meters. At low tide the reef lying around Pabay fall dry.

Pabay consists mainly of fossilienhaltigem limestone, mixed with mica schist shale ( German: Pabba slate ) as Pabba is called. This rock was formed as sediment during the Jurassic era and pushed upwards by volcanic activity about 60 million years ago. In the resulting Dykes protected by their hardness the island from erosion.

History

On Pabay there are remains of a chapel from the 13th century. In the 16th century, the island was considered together with Longay as a hideout by pirates. In the 19th century Pabay was settled.

Presence

Today the island is no permanent residents, but is accessible by boat and helicopter and can be inhabited. In the south of the island there is a farm and other farm buildings.

Pabay regularly issues its own stamps. On the island there is therefore a mailbox to send the order franked mail.

Nature

On the island heather, dry meadows, salt marshes, individual trees and afforestation find.

Others

Three small islands of the Outer Hebrides hot Paabay. In the Shetland Islands and the Orkneys are found several times the island name Papa. All of these names are also derived from papar.