Fuiay
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| Fuiay | |
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| Location | |
  Fuiay
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| Fuiay shown within Scotland. | |
| OS grid reference: | NF740022 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name: | Fùidheigh |
| Meaning of name: | "House island" from Norse |
| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 84 ha (208 acres) |
| Area rank (Scottish islands): | 157= |
| Highest elevation: | 107 m (351 ft) |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | 0
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| Groupings | |
| Island Group: | Outer Hebrides |
| Local Authority: | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
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| References: | [1][2][3][4] |
Fuiay (Gaelic: Fuidheigh) is one of a group of uninhabited islands off the northeast coast of Barra in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Fuiay lies at the mouth of North Bay immediately to the west of Flodday and a mile (1.5 km) southwest of Hellisay. The island was inhabited until the middle of the 19th century.[5]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
- ^ Iain Mac an Tailleir. Placenames (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.
- ^ Overview of Fuiay. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
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