The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (/skaɪ/; Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands...
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of the Isle of Skye in Scotland is highly varied and the island's landscape reflects changes in the underlying nature of the rocks. A wide range of rock...
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Ione Skye Lee (/aɪˈoʊni/; née Ione Skye Leitch; born September 4, 1970) is a British-American actress and the daughter of singer Donovan. She made her...
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the 1870s, and the line "Over the Sea to Skye" is now a cornerstone of the tourism industry on the Isle of Skye. Alternative lyrics to the tune were written...
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and 12 for crossbreeds. These dogs were found on the Isle of Skye, and the dogs were then named Skye Terriers. Some confusion exists in tracing its history...
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southern end of the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of Skye, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Like most of Sleat, but unlike most of Skye, the area...
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Portree (category Populated places in the Isle of Skye)
pronounced [pʰɔrˠʃt̪ˈɾiː]) is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is a civil parish and lies within the Highland...
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opposite the village of Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye. A ferry used to connect the two villages until it was replaced by the Skye Bridge, about a mile...
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The Skye Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid an Eilein Sgitheanaich) is a road bridge over Loch Alsh, Scotland, connecting the Isle of Skye to the island...
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Mallaig (category National scenic areas of Scotland)
arrival of the railway. Ferries operated by Caledonian MacBrayne and Western Isles Cruises sail from the port to Armadale on the Isle of Skye, Inverie...
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J. Norman Collie (category Explorers of British Columbia)
perhaps best remembered for his pioneering climbs on the Cuillin in the Isle of Skye, but he also climbed in the English Lake District and in the Alps with...
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Cuillin (redirect from Skye Cuillin)
Cuillin (Scottish Gaelic: An Cuiltheann) is a range of mostly jagged rocky mountains on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The main Cuillin ridge is also called...
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Clan MacLeod (redirect from MacLeods of Harris)
with the Isle of Skye. There are two main branches of the clan: the MacLeods of Harris and Dunvegan, known in Gaelic as Sìol Tormoid ("seed of Tormod")...
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two-tier Highland region of Scotland. The main offices of the Skye and Lochalsh district council were in Portree, on the Isle of Skye. As statutory local government...
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Isle of Skye, the film was released in the United Kingdom and United States on February 10, 2023. An English woman arrives at a convent on the Isle of...
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Maro, Málaga (Spain) Ketubjorg (Skagafjörður, Iceland) Mealt Falls (Isle of Skye, Scotland) Seven Sisters Waterfall (Geirangerfjord, Norway) The Suitor...
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Donnie Munro (category People from the Isle of Skye)
singer of the band Runrig. As a native speaker of Scots Gaelic, much of his work is performed in that language. Munro was born in Uig, Isle of Skye, in the...
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Sutherland and Easter Ross (Black Isle and Dingwall) and the new constituency of Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (Isle of Skye, Mallaig and Fort William)...
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between Oban and Dalwhinnie. Talisker is the only distillery on the Isle of Skye, which has never been a whisky region unto itself, but would be in the...
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Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King is a tile-laying board game designed by Alexander Pfister and Andreas Pelikan that was published in 2015. It uses...
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second-largest settlement on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Lying in the shadow of the Red Cuillin mountains, Broadford is within the parish of Strath. A long meandering...
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Clan Donald (redirect from Kinloch Lodge, Skye)
the Museum of the Isles which are open to the public. Knock Castle (Isle of Skye) is a ruined Macdonald castle located on the Isle of Skye. Duntulm Castle...
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Raasay (redirect from Isle of Raasay)
sometimes the Isle of Raasay, is an island between the Isle of Skye and the mainland of Scotland. It is separated from Skye by the Sound of Raasay and from...
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Broadford Airfield (category Isle of Skye)
Isle of Skye (Broadford) Airfield (also known as Ashaig Airstrip or Broadford Aerodrome) is a small airfield on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, with a single...
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Fortrose, Gairloch, Garve, Invergordon, Inverness, Isle of Skye, Kyle, Lairg, Lossiemouth, Muir of Ord, Munlochy, Nairn, Plockton, Portree, Rogart, Strathcarron...
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Celtic fusion duo based on the Isle of Skye. Their name comes from the village of the same name, close to Staffin on Skye. Valtos was formed in 2021 by...
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Scáthach (category Isle of Skye)
Chulainn in the arts of combat. Texts describe her homeland as Scotland (Alpeach); she is especially associated with the Isle of Skye, where her residence...
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Stagecoach Highlands (section Isle of Skye)
Highlands is a division of the Stagecoach Group operating within the Scottish Highlands as well as on the Orkney Islands and Isle of Skye. The company is based...
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Swordale (Srath Shuardail) on the north shore of Loch Eishort (Loch Eiseort) in the parish of Strath, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Boreraig, lying in a green and...
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