Flodaigh

Flodaigh is a tidal island lying to the north of Benbecula and south of Grimsay in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is connected to Benbecula by a causeway.

Flodaigh
Gaelic nameFlodaigh
Meaning of name"Float island", from Norse
Location
Flodaigh
Flodaigh shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid referenceNF846553
Coordinates57.48°N 7.26°W / 57.48; -7.26
Physical geography
Island groupUists and Barra
Area145 hectares (360 acres)[1]
Area rank124=[2]
Highest elevation20 m
Administration
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryScotland
Council areaNa h-Eileanan Siar
Demographics
Population7[3]
Population rank72=[2]
Population density4.8 people/km2[3][4]
References[4][5]
Flodaigh with Eaval on North Uist behind.

The island is 145 hectares and in 2001 had a population of 11[1] and 7 in 2011.[3] The census refers to the island by its anglicised name of 'Flodda'.

Footnotes

  1. General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  2. Area and population ranks: there are c.300 islands over 20ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  3. National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  5. Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.


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