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Flodaigh Mòr

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Gaelic name
  
Flodaigh

Area rank
  
186

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Island group
  
Outer Hebrides

Lieutenancy area
  
Outer Hebrides

OS grid reference
  
NF913570

Highest elevation
  
28 m

Area
  
58 ha

Council area
  
Outer Hebrides

Flodaigh Mòr

Meaning of name
  
"big raft island", from Norse

Flodaigh Mòr (or Floddaymore) is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

Contents

Map of Flodaigh M%C3%B2r, Isle of North Uist, UK

Geography and geologyEdit

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.

References

Flodaigh Mòr Wikipedia