Fuday

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Fuday
Location
Fuday
Fuday shown within Scotland.
OS grid reference:	NF736082
Names
Gaelic name:	Fùideigh
Area and Summit
Area:	232 ha (573 ac)
Area rank (Scottish islands):	101
Highest elevation:	Mullach Neacail 89 m (292 ft)
Population
Population (2001):	uninhabited since 1901
Groupings
Island Group:	Outer Hebrides
Local Authority:	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
References:	[1][2][3]

Fuday (Fuideigh) is an uninhabited island of about 570 acres (2.3 km²) in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

It lies in the Sound of Barra, just east of Scurrival Point on Barra and west of Eriskay. Fuday is owned by the Scottish Government.^[4] Deserted since 1901, its peak population is recorded only as seven.

It is still used for the summer grazing of cattle, and they used to be swum across the mile wide, but shallow Caolas Fuideach (strait) to there from Eoligarry.

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
2. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
3. ^ Ordnance Survey
4. ^ Overview of Fuday. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.

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Coordinates: 57°03′N 7°23′W / 57.05, -7.383