Boreray (Scottish Gaelic: Boraraigh) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland which lies 2km north of North Uist. Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... The Outer Hebrides or Western Isles (officially known by their Gaelic name, Na h-Eileanan Siar) comprise an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... North Uist (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Tuath) is an island of the Outer Hebrides. ...
The island was occupied from prehistoric times and through the 19th century there were over 100 people living there, but in 1923, the island was evacuated on the request of the islanders. One family stayed on but the last inhabitants left in the late 1960s. The grazing rights now belong to the crofters of the nearby island of Berneray. 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... There are two islands named Berneray in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland: Berneray near Barra (also known as Barra Head) Berneray near North Uist This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
NORTH AND SOUTH UIST, islands of the outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
NorthUist lies S. of Harris (Long Island), from which it is separated about 8 m.
The islands belonging to the parish of NorthUist comprise - to the south-west Balleshare and Illeray (pop., 383), Kirkibost, Heisker (98), and the Monach group, with a lighthouse on Shillay; to the south, Grimisay (290) and Ronay; to the north-east, Levera; to the north, Boreray (118) and Vallay.
St Kilda (Scottish Gaelic: Hiort) is an archipelago situated 64 kilometres west-northwest of NorthUist in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Uninhabited since the local population was evacuated in 1930, the group of islands continues to be administratively a part of Harris, in the Western Isles of Scotland.
Hirta is the largest island in the group, followed by Soay, two kilometres northwest of Hirta; and Boreray, six kilometres northeast of Hirta.
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