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
Scottish 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'.

Notes and references

  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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