![Flodaigh Eaval](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Flodaigh_Eaval.jpg)
Flodaigh is a
tidal island
A tidal island is a piece of land that is connected to the mainland by a natural or man-made causeway that is exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide. Because of the mystique surrounding tidal islands, many of them have been sites of ...
lying to the north of
Benbecula
Benbecula (; gd, Beinn nam Fadhla or ) is an island of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. In the 2011 census, it had a resident population of 1,283 with a sizable percentage of Roman Catholics. It is in a ...
and south of
Grimsay
Grimsay ( gd, Griomasaigh) is a tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Geography
Grimsay is the largest of the low-lying stepping-stones which convey the Oitir Mhòr (North Ford) causeway, a arc of single track road linking North Uis ...
in the
Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is connected to Benbecula by a
causeway.
The island is 145
hectares
The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is a ...
and in 2001 had a population of 11
and 7 in 2011.
[ The census refers to the island by its anglicised name of "Flodda".
]
Notes and references
Uist islands
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