Location of Vatersay

Vatersay Bay, Vatersay.

Vatersay (Scottish Gaelic: Bhatarsaigh) is the southernmost inhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of 94 according to the 2001 census. It is also the westernmost permanently inhabited place in Great Britain. It is linked to Barra by a causeway completed in 1991. At low tide, the island is also linked to the islet of Uinessan. Vatersay is also the name of the only village on the island. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... // Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... Western Isles redirects here. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ... Castlebay, Barra Traigh Eaig beach This article is about the island of Barra in Scotland. ... 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. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Wildlife on the island includes otters, seals and herons. Bonnie Prince Charlie's flower (Calystegia soldanella), reputedly originating from French seeds dropped by Bonnie Prince Charlie is, in Scotland, found only on Vatersay and Eriskay. The island also has remains of an Iron Age fort. Genera Amblonyx Aonyx Enhydra Lontra Lutra Lutrogale Pteronura The otter (lutrinae) is a carnivorous aquatic or marine mammal part of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, as well as others. ... Families Odobenidae Otariidae Phocidae Pinnipeds (fin-feet, lit. ... Genera See text. ... Species see text False bindweeds are annual or herbaceous perennial vines in the genus Calystegia, in the Morning Glory family Convolvulaceae. ... For the U.S. politician, see Charles E. Stuart Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir Stuart (December 31, 1720 – January 31, 1788), was the exiled claimant to the thrones of Ireland, commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. Charles was the son of James Francis Edward Stuart, the... Eriskay, looking towards Easabhal on South Uist. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... Table of Fortification, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ...

Shipwreck

One of the saddest events to befall the island happened more than 150 years ago. The Annie James, an immigrant ship bound from Liverpool to New York, struck rocks off West Beach on the night of Tuesday 28th September, 1853. Almost immediately the ship began to founder and break up. Inspite of the stormy conditions, islanders tried to rescue the passengers and crew, but none survived. The remains of 350 men, women and children were buried in the dunes behind the beach. A small cairn and monument marks the site. Liverpool skyline. ... NY redirects here. ... For the magazine see Cairn Magazine. ...

External links

• More information about Vatersay
• Panorama of the West Bay on Vatersay (Annie James burial cairn and monument) (QuickTime required)
• grid reference NL635955

Coordinates: 56.92805° N 7.53357° W The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...