Location of North Uist

Landsat image of North Uist

North Uist (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Tuath) is an island of the Outer Hebrides. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 1,657. It is connected by causeways to Benbecula via Grimsay, to Berneray, and to Baleshare. With the exception of the south east, the island is very flat, and covered with a patchwork of peat bogs, low hills and lochans, with more than half the land being covered by water. Some of the lochs contain a mixture of fresh and tidal salt water, giving rise to some complex and unusual habitats. Image File history File links UK_North_Uist. ... Image File history File links UK_North_Uist. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x722, 1182 KB) Screengrab of North Uist from NASA World Wind File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): North Uist ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x722, 1182 KB) Screengrab of North Uist from NASA World Wind File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): North Uist ... The Landsat program is the longest running enterprise for acqusition of imagery of Earth from space. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Western Isles redirects here. ... The Hindenburgdamm rail causeway across the Wadden Sea to the island of Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated by a bank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. ... Benbecula (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn na Faoghla, meaning the mountain of the ford) is an island of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ... Grimsay (Scottish Gaelic: Griamsaigh) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, linked to both North Uist and Benbecula by causeways. ... Berneray (Scottish Gaelic: Bheàrnaraidh) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, north of North Uist. ... Baleshare is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ... Peat in Lewis, Scotland Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter. ... A loch is the name given to a body of water in Scotland or Ireland. ...

Looking along the beach and machair of the spit Corran Aird a' Mhòrain.

North Uist is the tenth largest Scottish island and the thirteenth largest island surrounding Great Britain (excluding Ireland). It has an area of 117 square miles, slightly smaller than South Uist. Image File history File links North_Uist_near_Solas. ... Image File history File links North_Uist_near_Solas. ... Machair The Gaelic word Machair or machar refers to a fertile low-lying coastal plain. ... A spit is a deposition landform found off coasts. ... Looking west to Nicolsons Leap. ...

The main settlement on the island is Lochmaddy, a fishing port and home to a museum, an arts centre and a camera obscura. Caledonian MacBrayne ferries sail from the village to Uig on Skye, as well as from the island of Berneray (which is connected to North Uist by road causeway), to Leverburgh in Harris. Lochmaddy also has Taigh Chearsabhagh - a museum and arts centre with a cafe, small shop and post office service. Nearby is the Uist Outdoor Centre. As the administrative centre of North Uist, Lochmaddy has the only bank, courthouse, hospital, tourist information office and youth hostel on the island. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... An arts centre is distinct from an art gallery or art museum. ... The camera obscura (Lat. ... Caledonian MacBrayne (usually shortened to Cal-Mac) is the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries between the mainland of Scotland and all major islands on Scotlands West coast. ... The village Uig lies in a sheltered bay near the north end of the Isle of Skye (Inner Hebrides). ... Looking towards Quiraing, Skye. ... 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. ... The Hindenburgdamm rail causeway across the Wadden Sea to the island of Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated by a bank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. ... The second largest village on Harris after Tarbert, Is best approached by bike or car via the west coast road, where you can experience the most beautiful beaches in the world. ... The Isle of Harris An Cliseam from the Abhainn Mharaig, just off the main road to Lewis. ...

Other settlements include Carinish, Port nan Long and Scolpaig, home to the nineteenth century Scolpaig Tower folly. Carinish, on North Uist, is known for the Carinish Stone Circle and the Trinity Temple. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Broadway Tower, England The folly at Wimpole Hall, England High Service Water Tower (1895), Lawrence, Massachusetts. ...

North Uist has many prehistoric structures, including the Barpa Langass chambered cairn, the Pobull Fhinn stone circle and the Fir Bhreige standing stones. A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a cairn of stones inside which a sizeable (usually stone) chamber was constructed. ... Swinside stone circle, in the Lake District, England. ... Standing stones, orthostats, liths or more commonly, megaliths because of their large and cumbersome size, are solitary stones set vertically in the ground. ...

The island is also known for its birdlife, including corncrakes, arctic terns, gannets, corn buntings and Manx shearwaters. The RSPB has a nature reserve at Balranald. Orders Many - see section below. ... Binomial name Crex crex Linnaeus, 1758 The Corn Crake (Crex crex) is a small bird in the family Rallidae. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Binomial name Morus bassanus Linnaeus, 1758 Northern Gannet range The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus, formerly Sula bassana) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. ... Binomial name Miliaria calandra (Linnaeus, 1758) The Corn Bunting, Miliaria calandra, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. ... Binomial name Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764) The Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. ... The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is Europes largest wildlife conservation charity. ...

The island is also famed for its extremely successful athletics club (North Uist Amateur Athletics Club). This club has performed exceptionally at local, regional and national athletics competitions - taking into consideration the island's lack of facilities and small population.

The force-fire was last made in North Uist in about 1829. The island's main villages are Sollas, Hosta, Tigharry, Hougharry, Paible, Grimsay and Cladach Kirkibost. The force-fire (Scottish Gaelic: tein’-éigin), or a fire produced by friction, was used in folk magic practice in the Scottish Highlands up until the 19th century. ... Sollas is a small crofting township in North Uist. ...

References

• Scottish Natural Heritage on the wildlife and habitats of Uist.

External links

• Balranald Nature Reserve

• Taigh Chearsabhagh

• Uist Outdoor Centre

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