Calvay
Island in Scotland
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Calvay (Scottish Gaelic: Calbhaigh) is a currently uninhabited island situated in the Sound of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides, at grid reference NF810126. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation.
It was here that the ship SS Politician ran aground with a cargo of whisky in 1941 and inadvertently provided the inspiration for Compton MacKenzie's 1947 novel Whisky Galore.
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Islands in the Sound of Barra, Outer Hebrides
- Calvay/Calbhaigh
- Eriskay/Eirisgeidh
- Fiaraidh
- Flodaigh
- Fuday/Fùideigh
- Gighay/Gioghaigh
- Hellisay/Theiliseigh
- Lingay/Lingeigh
- Orosay/Orasaigh
57°05′38″N 7°16′05″W / 57.094°N 7.268°W / 57.094; -7.268
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