Flodaigh Mòr

Flodaigh Mòr
Gaelic name Flodaigh
Meaning of name "big raft island", from Norse
Location
Flodaigh Mòr
Flodaigh Mòr shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference NF913570
Coordinates 57°30′N 7°09′W / 57.50°N 7.15°W / 57.50; -7.15
Physical geography
Island group Uists and Barra
Area 58 ha
Area rank 186[1]
Highest elevation 28 m
Administration
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Na h-Eileanan Siar
Demographics
Population 0
References [2][3][4]

Flodaigh Mòr (or Floddaymore) is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

Geography and geology

Flodaigh Mòr lies east of North Uist, close offshore to Ronay. It contains a large freshwater loch (with its own islets). The eastern headland (Rubha nan Caorach) is almost detached. To the north, skerries almost connect to Floddaybeg.[3]

Footnotes

  1. Area and population ranks: there are c.300 islands over 20ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  2. 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  3. 1 2 Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  4. Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.

Coordinates: 57°29′54″N 7°9′12″W / 57.49833°N 7.15333°W / 57.49833; -7.15333


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