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	Home About the island Plan your trip Accommodation Food & drink Art & Crafts Shops Activities Harris Tweed Wildlife Travel Links Did you know.. Tinted shots of areas in the Bays of Harris were used by Stanley Kubrick as the surface of Jupiter in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey Member Login	About the Island of Scalpay Scalpay is around 2.5 miles long and rises to a height of 341 feet at Beinn Scorabhaig. Scalpay's nearest neighbour, Harris, is just 300m away across Caolas Scalpaigh. The two Islands were linked in 1997 by a bridge that replaced the ferry service. The main settlement on the Island is at the north, near the bridge, clustered around An Acairseid a Tuath (North Harbour). The island is peppered with small lochans. The largest of these is Loch an Duin (Loch of the Fort) which has a tiny island in it, with the remains of a fort still visible. The island has a population of approximately 300 people, whose main employment is fish farming and prawn fishing. Eilean Glas, a small peninsula on Scalpay's eastern shore is home to the first lighthouse to be built in the Outer Hebrides. More on North Harris            More on South Harris
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