Lingeigh, North Uist

Lingeigh
Location
Lingeigh is located in North Uist
Lingeigh
Lingeigh
Lingeigh shown next to North Uist
Lingeigh is located in Outer Hebrides
Lingeigh
Lingeigh
Lingeigh shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid referenceNF869783
Coordinates57°40′48″N 7°15′14″W / 57.68°N 7.254°W / 57.68; -7.254
Name
Name meaningheather island
Physical geography
Island groupUists and Barra
Area42 hectares (0.16 sq mi)[2]
Highest elevation
33 m (108 ft)
Administration
Council areaNa h-Eileanan Siar
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population0[3]
Population rank216 [4]
References[5]

Lingeigh is an uninhabited island off North Uist, south east of Boreray. It is separated from North Uist by Traigh Lingeigh.[5]

Aerial view of Lingeigh (centre), Boreray (left), and North Uist

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Goireasan Cànain / Language Resources - Tadhail is Ionnsaich :  Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland" (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ↑ National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent. 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census and 101 such islands in 2022.
  5. 1 2 Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
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