Isle Of North Uist
North Uist is an island and also neighborhood in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. North Uist is the tenth-largest Scottish island and the thirteenth-largest island bordering Great Britain. It has an area of 117 square miles (303 km2), somewhat smaller than South Uist. North Uist is linked by causeways to Benbecula using Grimsay, to Berneray, and also to Baleshare. With the exception of the south eastern, the island is extremely flat, as well as covered with a jumble of peat bogs, low hills and lochans, with more than half the land being covered by water. Some of the lochs contain a mix of fresh and also tidal salt water, triggering some complex as well as uncommon habitats. Loch Sgadabhagh, regarding which it has been said "there is probably nothing else loch in Britain which approaches Loch Scadavay in irregularity and also complexity of rundown", is the largest loch by location on North Uist although Loch Obisary has about twice the volume of water. The northern part of the island is part of the South Lewis, Harris and also North Uist National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. The primary settlement on the island is Lochmaddy, an angling port as well as home to a museum, an arts centre as well as a camera obscura. Caledonian MacBrayne ferries sail from the village to Uig on Skye, along with from the island of Berneray (which is linked to North Uist by road causeway), to Leverburgh in Harris. Lochmaddy also has Taigh Chearsabhagh-- a museum and also arts centre with a coffee shop, little store and also post office solution. Close-by is the Uist Outdoor Centre. The island's major villages are Sollas, Hosta, Tigharry, Hougharry, Paible, Grimsay and Cladach Kirkibost. Various other settlements include Clachan, Carinish, Knockquien, Port nan Long, Greinetobht as well as Scolpaig, residence to the nineteenth century Scolpaig Tower recklessness. Loch Portain is a small hamlet on the eastern coast-- some 9 miles (14 km) from Lochmaddy, with below locations of Cheesebay and also Hoebeg. According to the 2011 census North Uist had a population of 1,254.
