There are many small islands in

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

called Flodday (

Scots Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

: Flodaigh) or similar and this list provides a guide to their location. The derivation of the name is from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

''floti'' meaning "raft" or "float". The similar island names Fladda and Flotta are also from the Norse ''flatr'' and mean "flat island". Usage is not always consistent in external sources.

Outer Hebrides

Lewis near Great Bernera/Beàrnaraigh

Flodaigh, Lewis Flodaigh is a small island in Loch Roag on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is about in extent and the highest point is . Its name derives from the Old Norse for "flat island". Inland, the nearest settlement is op ...

(), in inner Loch Roag,

Lewis Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * "Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohead ...

, opposite the hamlet of Cairisiadar. * Flodaigh, Outer Loch Ròg (), in outer Loch Roag, west of the islet of Hairsgeir and south of

Bearasaigh Bearasaigh or Bearasay (and sometimes Berisay) is an islet in outer Loch Ròg, Lewis, Scotland. During the late 16th and early 17th centuries it was used as a pirates' hideout and the remains of various buildings from that period still exist. In ...

Harris

* Fladday (), between Scarp and

Harris Harris may refer to: Places Canada * Harris, Ontario * Northland Pyrite Mine (also known as Harris Mine) * Harris, Saskatchewan * Rural Municipality of Harris No. 316, Saskatchewan Scotland * Harris, Outer Hebrides (sometimes called the Isle o ...

North Uist

Flodday, Loch Maddy Flodday ( gd, Flodaigh) is an uninhabited island in Loch Maddy, North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The area of the island is recorded as in Rick Livingstone's tables, although it is not listed by Hamish Haswell-Smith in his tabul ...

(), in Loch Maddy *

Flodaigh Beag Flodaigh is a tidal island lying to the north of Benbecula and south of Grimsay in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is connected to Benbecula by a causeway. The island is 145 hectares and in 2001 had a population of 11 and 7 in 2011. The census ...

(Floddaybeg) () (the Gaelic meaning is "small raft island") south east of North Uist. * Flodaigh Mòr (Floddaymore) () (the Gaelic meaning is "big raft island"), south east of North Uist.

Benbecula

Flodaigh Flodaigh is a tidal island lying to the north of Benbecula and south of Grimsay in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is connected to Benbecula by a causeway. The island is 145 hectares and in 2001 had a population of 11 and 7 in 2011. The census ...

(also referred to as "Flodda"General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003)
Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands
''. Retrieved 22 Jan 2011.) (), a tidal island 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 ...

Barra

Flodday, Sound of Barra Flodday or Flodaigh (Scottish Gaelic), is a currently uninhabited island that lies to the north east of Barra and is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It ...

(), which lies east of Fuiay/Fuidheigh to the north east of Barra. *

Flodday near Vatersay Flodday ( gd, Flodaigh) is an uninhabited island, south west of Barra in the Western Islands of Scotland. Geography and geology Flodday is one of the Barra Isles, lying west of Sandray. It consists of three parts, with a natural rock arch ...

(), one mile west of

Sandray Sandray ( gd, Sanndraigh) is one of the Barra Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It never had a large population, and has been uninhabited since 1934. It is now known for its large seabird colony. Geography Sandray is half a mile due sou ...

in the

Bishop's Isles The Barra Isles, also known as the Bishop's Isles, are a small archipelago in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They lie south of the island of Barra, for which they are named. The group consists of nine islands and numerous rocky islets, skerrie ...

south of Barra.

Inner Hebrides

Eilean Fladday Eilean Fladday (also Fladda) is a previously populated tidal island off Raasay, near the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Geography Eilean Fladday lies off the north west coast of Raasay, across Caol Fladday (Kyle Fladda), which dries at half-tide. Onc ...

(), on the north west coast of

Raasay Raasay (; gd, Ratharsair) or the Isle of Raasay is an island between the Isle of Skye and the mainland of Scotland. It is separated from Skye by the Sound of Raasay and from Applecross by the Inner Sound. It is famous for being the birt ...

, just north of Arnish. *

Fladda, Slate Islands Fladda is one of the Slate Islands, off the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Fladda is an islet in the Sound of Luing, between Luing and Belnahua. The name Fladda originates from the Old Norse for 'flat island'. Lighthouse Fladda lightho ...

(), an islet with a lighthouse south east of Belnahua in the Slate Islands. *

Fladda, Treshnish Isles Fladda is the northernmost of the Treshnish Isles. Its name comes from the Old Norse ''Flat-ey'' meaning "flat island". Fladda is owned by the Hebridean Trust. Archaeology Fladda's archaeology is recorded by the Royal Commission on the Ancient ...

() in the

Treshnish Isles The Treshnish Isles are an archipelago of small islands and skerries, lying west of the Isle of Mull, in Scotland. They are part of the Inner Hebrides. Trips to the Treshnish Isles operate from Ulva Ferry, Tobermory, Ardnamurchan and Tiree. Geo ...

. *

Staffin Island Staffin Island (possibly also known as Stenscholl Island) is an uninhabited islet off the east coast of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye in Scotland. The Norse name may have been ''Fladdaidh'' meaning "flat island". The Gaelic name ''Eilean Sta ...

off the east coast of the

Trotternish Trotternish or Tròndairnis (Scottish Gaelic) is the northernmost peninsula of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. Its most northerly point, Rubha Hùinis, is the most northerly point of Skye. One of the peninsula's better-known features is the Trot ...

peninsula of

Skye The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated b ...

may have been known as ''Fladdaidh''."Fladdaidh"
Staffin Community Trust. Retrieved 12 February 2011. *

Fladda-chùain Fladda-chùain, or Fladaigh Chùain, is an island of the Inner Hebrides north of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye. It is the major island of the Fladda-chùain group between Skye and the Outer Hebrides. Name The name of the island derive ...

('flat island of

The Minch The Minch ( gd, An Cuan Sgitheanach, ', ', '), also called North Minch, is a strait in north-west Scotland, separating the north-west Scottish Highlands, Highlands and the northern Inner Hebrides from Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides. It ...

') (), an island north of the Trotternish peninsula, Skye.

Orkney

Flotta Flotta () is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow. The island is known for its large oil terminal and is linked by Orkney Ferries to Houton on the Orkney Mainland, Lyness on Hoy and Longhope on South Walls. The island has ...

(), an island in

Scapa Flow Scapa Flow viewed from its eastern end in June 2009 Scapa Flow (; ) is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray,S. C. George, ''Jutland to Junkyard'', 1973. South Ronaldsay and ...

Orkney Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...

. *

Calf of Flotta The Calf of Flotta is a small island in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The Calf is next to Flotta, with "Calf" deriving from Old Norse/Norn and meaning a smaller island by a larger one. Geography and geology The Calf is made of red sandstone Sandsto ...

(), an island also in Scapa Flow, near Flotta.

Shetland

(), an island in Weisdale Voe. * Fladda (), an island north of the entrance to Hamna Voe, near the island of Muckle Ossa. * Fladda (), an island north of the

Mainland Mainland is defined as "relating to or forming the main part of a country or continent, not including the islands around it egardless of status under territorial jurisdiction by an entity" The term is often politically, economically and/or dem ...

in the

Ramna Stacks The Ramna Stacks are a group of skerries in the Shetland islands. They are north of the northern tip of Mainland, and along with nearby Gruney they are a special protection area on account of their birdlife. From north to south they consist o ...

near the island of

Gruney Gruney is a small, uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. It lies north of the Northmavine peninsula of the Shetland Mainland, from which it is separated by the Gruney Sound. Gruney has a population of Leach's petrels, one of just two in ...

Main references

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