... are all in the Inner Sound, which separates Skye from the mainland. Scalpay, with an area of about 9.6 square miles, is much the largest of them; the smallest, Longay, is just over a kilometre across in its broadest dimension.
Scalpay had a population of ten "usual residents" in 2001, but only four in 2011. Pabay has one house (population unknown); Longay is uninhabited.
The largest island in the Inner Sound is Raasay, which lies to the north-west of the three islands in question.
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