Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Oransay

Oransay, a rocky island of Morvern parish, Argyllshire, in Loch Sunart, 2½ miles E of that loch's deflection from the NW end of the Sound of Mull. It groups with Carna islet, and is washed by impetuous tides from the W, rushing towards the land-locked upper reaches of the loch.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a rocky island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Morvern ScoP       Argyll ScoCnty

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