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Uninhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides

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St Kilda
archipelago in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
Rockall
Rockall () is a , uninhabitable granite islet in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is west of Soay, St Kilda, Scotland; north-west of Tory Island, Ireland; and south of Iceland. The nearest permanently inhabited place is in North Uist, east in Scotland's Outer Hebrides.
Flannan Isles
group of islands in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Boreray
uninhabited island in St Kilda archipelago, Scotland
Rona
Scottish island in the North Atlantic
Monach Islands
archipelago of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Soay
uninhabited islet in the St Kilda archipelago, Scotland
Barra Head
southernmost island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, UK
Sula Sgeir
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Mingulay
Mingulay () is the second largest of the Barra Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Located south of Barra, it is known for an extensive Gaelic oral tradition incorporating folklore, song and stories and its important seabird populations, including puffins, black-legged kittiwakes, and razorbills, which nest in the sea-cliffs, amongst the highest in the British Isles.
Hirta
Hirta () is the largest island in the St Kilda archipelago, on the western edge of Scotland. The names (in Scottish Gaelic) and Hirta (historically in English) have also been applied to the entire archipelago. Now without a permanent resident population, the island had nearly all of St Kilda's population of about 180 residents in the late 17th century and 112 in 1851. It was abandoned in 1930 when the last 36 remaining inhabitants were evacuated to Lochaline on the mainland.
Stac an Armin
sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago, Scotland
Pabbay
island southwest of Harris, in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Taransay
Taransay (, ) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It was the host of the British television series Castaway 2000. Uninhabited since 1974, except for holidaymakers, Taransay is the largest Scottish island without a permanent population. It is larger than Scarba, which is also uninhabited.
Scarp
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Pabbay
island in Barra Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ronay
left|thumb|200px|Bagh Mòr on Grimsay, with Ronay in distance Ronay () is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, which lies a short distance off the east coast of Grimsay.
Shillay
thumb Shillay () is an uninhabited island which lies 2 km north of Pabbay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Stac Lee
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Haskeir
Haskeir (), also known as Great Haskeir () is a remote, exposed and uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies west-northwest of North Uist. southwest lie the skerries of Haskeir Eagach, made up of a colonnade of five rock stacks, and northwest is St Kilda.
Sandray
thumb | right | The cliffs of Sandray near the sea Sandray () is one of the Barra Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It never had a large population, and has been uninhabited since 1934. It is now known for its large seabird colony.
Eilean Mhealasta
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Fuday
left|thumb|An Caolas Fuideach Fuday (Scottish Gaelic: Fùideigh) is an uninhabited island of about and is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies just east of Scurrival Point on Barra and west of Eriskay. Fuday is owned by the Scottish Government. Deserted since 1901, its peak population is recorded only as seven.
Muldoanich
Muldoanich is an uninhabited island in the Barra Isles archipelago at the southern extremity of the larger island chain of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. It is in area and rises to a maximum height of at the peak of Cruachan na h-àin ("midday hill").
Eilean Chaluim Chille
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Gighay
left|thumb|200px|The harbour near Gioghaigh
Vallay
Vallay () is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It can be reached from North Uist by a long beach at low tide.
Wiay
island of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, south-east of Benbecula
Ceann Ear
largest island in the Monach or Heisgeir group off North Uist in north west Scotland
Seaforth Island
mountain in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Calvay
thumb Calvay () is a currently uninhabited island situated in the Sound of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides, at . It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation.
Killegray
Killegray is an island in the Sound of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Eilean Liubhaird
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Soay Mòr
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Pabaigh Mòr
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Oronsay
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Stromay
Stromay () is a tidal island off North Uist in the Sound of Harris, Scotland.
Vacsay
left|thumb|Northern part of Bhacsaigh Vacsay ( from Old Norse "bakkiey" meaning "peat bank island") is one of the Outer Hebrides. It is off the west coast of Lewis in West Loch Roag. It is in size, and at its highest point.
Hermetray
Hermetray () is an uninhabited island off North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Orosay
Orosay () is a small uninhabited tidal island in the Sound of Barra lying at the north end of Traigh Mhòr, the "big beach" on the north east coast of Barra. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is about in extent and the highest point is . thumb|left|Orosay from the air, with the narrows of Caolas Orasaigh in the foreground and Gighay and [[Hellisay beyond.]]
Sgeotasaigh
Scotasay () is small island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies off the east coast of Harris and gives some shelter to the ferry port of Tarbert. There are two houses on the island, a wind turbine and a fresh water tank.
Ceann Iar
tidal island in the Monach Isles, to the west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides
Fuaigh Mòr
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Flodday
island near Vatersay, Barra Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tahay
Tahay () is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The name originates from the Old Norse tagg-øy meaning island with a prominent hill. At in area and with a central peak of , it is the largest of the group of uninhabited islands off the north east coast of North Uist.
Lingay
island south of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Flodaigh Mòr
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Stockinish
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Lingeigh
Lingeigh or Lingay is an unpopulated islet in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies towards the southern end of the archipelago, just north of Pabbay and south of Vatersay. There is a cave on the southeast side of the island.
Soay Beag
small, uninhabited tidal island in West Loch Tarbert, between the northern and southern parts of Harris
Sgarabhaigh
Sgarabhaigh (formerly anglicised Scaravay) is a small uninhabited island in the eastern end of the Sound of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. thumb It is approximately in size and is home to many seabirds, otters and grey seals. Sgarabhaigh and its sister islands of Grodhaigh and Bhatam, Lingeigh and Gilsaigh are colloquially known as the "Pabach Islands" as they used to provide peat for the islanders on Pabbay when their own supplies ran out in the 19th century.
Fuaigh Beag
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Shillay
westernmost of the Monach Islands (Heisgeir), off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Arnamul
Arnamul () is a stack off the west coast of Mingulay in the Western Isles, Scotland. Although precipitous, sheep were grazed on its relatively flat summit during the human occupation of Mingulay.
Eilean Chearstaidh
island of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Lingay
island north of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
Flodaigh
island in Inner Loch Roag, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fuiay
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.
Sibhinis
right|thumb|Sibhinis from Ceann Iar
Eileanan Iasgaich
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK