Skye or the
Isle of Skye (; or
Eilean a' Cheò) is the largest and most northerly major island in the
Inner Hebrides of
Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous centre dominated by the
Cuillins, the rocky slopes of which provide some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in the country. Although it has been suggested that the Gaelic
Sgitheanach describes a winged shape there is no definitive agreement as to the name's origins.