Mingulay
| Gaelic name |  Miughalaigh (help·info) |
|---|---|
| Norse name | Mikil-ay |
| Meanin o name | Auld Norse for 'Big island'. |
| Location | |
  Mingulay Mingulay shawn within the Outer Hebrides | |
| OS grid reference | NL560830 |
| Coordinates | 56°48′41″N 7°38′15″W / 56.8115°N 7.6375°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Uists an Barra |
| Aurie | 640 hectare (2.5 sq mi)[1] |
| Aurie rank | 67 out of 162 [2] |
| Heichest elevation | Càrnan 273 metres (896 ft)[3] |
| Admeenistration | |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Kintra | Scotland |
| Cooncil aurie | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
| Demografics | |
| Population | Uninhabited since 1912 |
| Lairgest settlement | The abandoned 'Veelage'. |
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| References | [4] |
Mingulay (Scots Gaelic: Miughalaigh,[5] pronounced [ˈmju.əlˠ̪aj]) is the seicont lairgest o the Bishop's Isles in the Ooter Hebrides o Scotland. Locatit 12 mile (19 km) sooth o Barra, it is kent for its important seabird populations, includin puffins, black-legged kittiwakes, an razorbills, which nest in the sea-cliffs,[6] amangst the heichest in the Breetish Isles.[7]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Haswell-Smith (2004) pages 209-212.
- ↑ Aurie an population ranks: thare are c. 300 islands ower 20 ha in extent an 93 permanently inhabitit islands war leetit in the 2011 census.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger: Second Series (1994) Sheet 31.
- ↑ Buxton (1995) Mingulay: An Island and Its People.
- ↑ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ↑ Murray (1973) p. 102.
- ↑ Buxton (1995) p. 11.