geo.wikisort.org - IslandFlodaigh is an islet in outer Loch Ròg, Lewis, Scotland. It lies north west of Great Bernera and Little Bernera, south of Bearasaigh and Seanna Chnoc and west of Campaigh.
For other places with the same name, see Flodday.
FlodaighScottish Gaelic name | Flodaigh |
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Old Norse name | Flot-ay |
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Meaning of name | raft island |
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Flodaigh shown within the Outer Hebrides |
OS grid reference | NB123413 |
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Coordinates | 58.27°N 6.91°W / 58.27; -6.91 |
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Island group | Outer Hebrides |
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Area | <10 ha |
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Highest elevation | 22 metres (72 ft)[1] |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Country | Scotland |
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Council area | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
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There are various islets and skerries surrounding the island including Fleisgeir, Sgeir an Saoidhean and the tidal Tamna.[1]
There is no regular access to the island although boat excursions are available locally.[2]
Notes
- "Get-a-map". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 312
References
Islands in Loch Ròg, Outer Hebrides |
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Districts | |
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Geographical features | |
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Historical sites |
- Callanish Stones
- Clach an Trushal and Steinacleit
- Dun Carloway
- Dùn Èistean
- Lews Castle
- St Clement's Church
- Teampall Mholuaidh
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Geography |
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Northern Isles | |
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Hebrides | |
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Other | |
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Prehistory |
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Prehistoric Orkney |
- Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site:
- Maeshowe
- Ness of Brodgar
- Ring of Brodgar
- Skara Brae
- Standing Stones of Stenness
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Prehistoric Shetland |
- Crucible of Iron Age Shetland:
- Broch of Mousa
- Jarlshof
- Old Scatness
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Prehistoric Western Isles | |
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History |
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Dál Riata | |
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Kingdom of the Isles |
- Scandinavian Scotland
- Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles
- Bishop of the Isles
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Lordship of the Isles |
- Treaty of Perth
- Treaty of Ardtornish-Westminster
- Finlaggan
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Earldom of Orkney |
- Buckquoy spindle-whorl
- Udal law
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18th and 19th Century |
- Clearances
- Jacobite risings
- Flora MacDonald
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Literature |
- Orkneyinga Saga
- Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (Monro)
- A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (Martin)
- A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (Johnson)
- The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (Boswell)
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Economy |
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Towns | |
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Agencies | |
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Oil industry | |
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Culture |
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Shetland | |
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Orkney | |
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Outer Hebrides | |
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Inner Hebrides | |
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Politics |
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Local authorities |
- Shetland Islands Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
- Highland Council
- Argyll and Bute
- North Ayrshire
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Wildlife |
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Fauna |
- Fair Isle wren
- Orkney vole
- Shetland wren
- St Kilda field mouse
- St Kilda wren
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Flora |
- Arran whitebeams
- Scottish Primrose
- Shetland Mouse-ear
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Domesticated animals |
- Cairn Terrier
- Eriskay Pony
- Hebridean Blackface
- Luing cattle
- North Ronaldsay sheep
- Scottie
- Sheltie
- Shetland cattle
- Shetland Goose
- Shetland pony
- Shetland sheep
- Soay sheep
- Westie
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Geology |
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Shetland | |
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Geology of Orkney |
- Eday Group
- Orcadian Basin
- Yesnaby Sandstone Group
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Hebrides |
- Colonsay Group
- Great Estuarine Group
- Hebridean Terrane
- Lewisian complex
- Lorne plateau lavas
- Moine Supergroup
- Moine Thrust Belt
- Mull
- Rhinns complex
- Skye
- Staffa
- Torridonian
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На других языках
[de] Flodaigh (Bernera)
Flodaigh, auch Floday, ist eine schottische Insel der Äußeren Hebriden.[1] Sie liegt in der gleichnamigen Council Area und war historisch Teil der traditionellen Grafschaft Ross-shire beziehungsweise der Verwaltungsgrafschaft Ross and Cromarty.
- [en] Flodaigh (Outer Loch Ròg)
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