Scalpay is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Scalpay is around 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) long as well as rises to an elevation of 104 metres (341 feet) at Beinn Scorabhaig. The location of Scalpay is 653 hectares (2.52 sq mi). The major negotiation on the island goes to the north, near the bridge, clustered around An Acairseid a Tuath (North Harbour). The island is peppered with little lochans. The biggest of these is Loch an Duin (Loch of the Ft) which has a tiny island in it, with the remains of the ft still visible. Eilean Glas, a tiny peninsula on Scalpay's eastern coast, is house to the first lighthouse to be integrated in the Outer Hebrides. Scalpay's closest neighbor, Harris, is simply 300 metres (980 feet) away throughout the tightens of Caolas Scalpaigh. In 1997, a bridge from Harris to Scalpay was constructed, changing a ferryboat service. In 2001, the island had 322 individuals, whose primary work was fish farming and also prawn fishing. By 2011 the population had actually decreased by 9% to 291 whilst during the same duration Scottish island populations as a whole expanded by 4% to 103,702.