Fuday
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| Location | |
  Fuday
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| Fuday shown within Scotland. | |
| OS grid reference: | NF736082 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name: | Fùideigh
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| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 232 ha (573 acres) |
| Area rank: | 101 |
| Highest elevation: | Mullach Neacail 89 m (292 ft) |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | uninhabited since 1901
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| Groupings | |
| Island Group: | Uists and Barra |
| Local Authority: | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
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| References: | [1][2][3] |
| If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. | |
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.
Footnotes
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ "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
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