Key facts
- Scottish gaelic name
- Beàrnaraigh Mòr
- Pronunciation
- [ ˈpjaːrˠn̪ˠəɾaj ˈmoːɾ ]
- Old norse name
- bjarnar-øy
- Meaning of name
- Bjørn's island from Norse
- Os grid reference
- NB162344
- Coordinates
- 58°12′N 6°51′W / 58.2°N 6.85°W / 58.2; -6.85
- Island group
- Lewis and Harris
- Area
- 2,122 ha (5,240 acres)
- Highest elevation
- 87 m (285 ft)
- Council area
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Country
- Scotland
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Population density
- 10/km (26/sq mi)
- Largest settlement
- Breaclete
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Outer Hebrides
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Outer Hebrides
- Population
- 233
- Area
- 2122
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Lobsterponds.jpg
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- Commons category
- Great Bernera
- located in/on physical feature
- Outer Hebrides
- historic county
- Ross-shire
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Encyclopedic overview
Great Bernera (/ˈbɜːrnərə/; Scottish Gaelic: Beàrnaraigh Mòr), often known just as Bernera (Scottish Gaelic: Beàrnaraigh), is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. With an area of just over 21 square kilometres (8 square miles), it is the thirty-fourth largest Scottish island.
Great Bernera lies in Loch Roag on the north-west coast of Lewis and is linked to it by a road bridge. Built in 1953, the bridge was the first pre-stressed concrete bridge in Europe. The main settlement on the island is Breaclete (Gaelic: Breacleit).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Great Bernera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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