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Fuiay
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Fuiay () is an island in Scotland. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides. Its area is 84 ha and the unnamed highest eminence reaches 107 m. It is located immediately to the west of Flodday and about 1.5 km southwest of Hellisay. Barra lies across the waters of North Bay.
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- Outer Hebrides
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Outer Hebrides
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
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- Fuidheigh - Rubha na Maighdein - geograph.org.uk - 1477679.jpg
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- Fuiay
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- Outer Hebrides
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- Inverness-shire
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Fuiay () is an island in Scotland. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides. Its area is 84 ha and the unnamed highest eminence reaches 107 m. It is located immediately to the west of Flodday and about 1.5 km southwest of Hellisay. Barra lies across the waters of North Bay.
thumb|left|The headland of Rubha na Maighdein, Fuiay, on the left and the island of Flodaigh on the right The island had six households located along a "street" at Rubh' an Aiseig (English: "ferry headland") in the north west at some point, probably in the early 19th century. It has been uninhabited since about 1850. There is a tidal inlet here that may have been an effective fish-trap.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fuiay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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