Skye and Lochalsh Skye and Lochalsh Skye and Lochalsh () is one of eight former local government districts of the 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 areas, the region and districts were created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and abolished in 1996, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994. The area of the region is now the Highland unitary council area, and the former Skye and Lochalsh district is within the Highland Council's Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Wiay, Skye Wiay, Skye Wiay (Gaelic: Bhuia or Fuidheigh) is a currently uninhabited island in Loch Bracadale in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Wiay lies west of the Isle of Skye, off the Skye coast, near the village of Ullinish. It is the largest island in Loch Bracadale, with an area of . Most of the coastline consists of vertical cliffs and the southern bluff is a striking overhanging cliff. There are also several sea caves along the vertical cliff coast line. The island has been uninhabited since the late 19th century. There are two large herring gull colonies on the island.