Seaforth Island

There is also a Seaforth Island in the Whitsunday Islands of Queensland, Australia
Seaforth Island
Gaelic name Eilean Shìophoirt or Mulag
Norse name Múli
Meaning of name Norse for 'craggy ridge between fjords'; Gaelic for "island of Seaforth"

Loch Seaforth and Eilean Shìophoirt from the north with Clisham beyond
Location
Seaforth Island
Seaforth Island shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference NB207111
Physical geography
Island group Outer Hebrides
Area 273 hectares (1.05 sq mi)
Area rank 92 [1]
Highest elevation 217 metres (712 ft)
Administration
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Outer Hebrides
Demographics
Population 0
References [2][3][4]
Seaforth Island
Highest point
Elevation 217 m (712 ft)
Prominence 217 m (712 ft)
Listing Marilyn
Geography
Location Loch Seaforth between Harris and Lewis, Scotland
OS grid NB207111
Topo map OS Landrangers 13, 14

Seaforth Island (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Shìphoirt/Shìophoirt or Mulag) is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Unlike many other islands of the Outer Hebrides which are mainly surrounded by open sea, Seaforth Island lies in a narrow fjord-like sea loch named Loch Seaforth, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the open waters of The Minch. There are two different Gaelic names for the island. Mulag is from the Old Norse name Múli, which describes its geographical location, and the other is after the family of Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, who inherited the island in 1783.[4]

The island has poor soil which only supports rough grazing.

History

There are no census records indicating inhabitation in the recent past, although the loch area was the subject of border disputes in the 19th century. In 1851 these were resolved by the unusual decision to allocate the whole of Seaforth Island to both counties, Ross-shire and Inverness-shire, which at the time controlled Lewis and Harris respectively.[4] This situation continued until the 1975 county reorganisation.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  2. ↑ National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013) (pdf) Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland - Release 1C (Part Two). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland’s inhabited islands". Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey. Get-a-map (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure. Ordinance Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 283–84. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.

Coordinates: 58°00′04″N 6°43′45″W / 58.00102°N 6.72918°W / 58.00102; -6.72918

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