Flodaigh Mòr

Flodaigh Mòr
Location
Flodaigh Mòr
Flodaigh Mòr shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference NF913570
Names
Gaelic name Flodaigh
Meaning of name "big raft island", from Norse
Area and summit
Area 58 ha
Area rank 187
Highest elevation 28 m
Population
Population 0
Groupings
Island group Uists and Barra
Local Authority Na h-Eileanan Siar
References [1][2][3]
If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census.

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.[2]

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). http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/.