ALTIVAIG, an island (small), in the parish of KilMUIR, county of Inverness. This is one of several islets extending from Aird point, southward, to Ru-na- Braddan, on the north-eastern coast of the Isle of Skye. Altivaig is about two miles in circumference, and very fertile; the soil is appropriated to the pasturage of sheep. Here is a harbour with good ground for anchorage, but from being open to the North Sea, it is judged to be unsafe.