Flodaigh Mòr

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Flodaigh Mòr
Location
Flodaigh Mòr (Scotland)
Flodaigh Mòr
Flodaigh Mòr
Flodaigh Mòr shown within Scotland.
OS grid reference: NF913570
Names
Gaelic name: Flodaigh
Meaning of name: "big raft island", from Norse
Area and Summit
Area: 58 ha
Area rank (Scottish islands): 182
Highest elevation: 28 m
Population
Population (2001): 0


Groupings
Island Group: Uists and Barra
Local Authority: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Scotland
References: [1][2][3]

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

[edit] 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.[2]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. ^ a b Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543. 
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey. Get-a-map [map].

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