Fuiay ( gd, Fùidheigh) is an island in Scotland. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the

Outer Hebrides The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coast ...

. Its area is 84 ha and the unnamed highest eminence reaches 107 m. It is located immediately to the west of

Flodday There are many small islands in Scotland called Flodday (Scottish Gaelic language, Scots Gaelic: Flodaigh) or similar and this list provides a guide to their location. The derivation of the name is from the Old Norse ''floti'' meaning "raft" or "fl ...

and about 1.5 km southwest of

Hellisay Hellisay (Scottish Gaelic: ''Theiliseigh'') is a currently uninhabited island It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the southern Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The narrow Sound of Gighay l ...

. Barra lies across the waters of North Bay. Fuidheigh - Rubha na Maighdein - geograph

The island had six households located along a "street" at Rubh' an Aiseig (English: "ferry headland") in the north west at some point, probably in the early 19th century. It has been uninhabited since about 1850. There is a tidal inlet here that may have been an effective fish-trap. The name may be from the Norse for "house island" or possibly a mixture of the Gaelic ''bhuidhe'', meaning "yellow" and the Norse ''øy'' meaning "island". Fuiay is one of several uninhabited islands off the northeast coast of Barra and other islands in the vicinity include Orosay,

Fuday Fuday (Scottish Gaelic: Fùideigh) is an uninhabited island of about and is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies just east of Scurrival Point on ...

and

Gighay Gighay (Scottish Gaelic Gioghaigh) an uninhabited island off the northeast coast of Barra. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Geography and geol ...

. The sea to the north west is peppered with small islets and skerries but there is an anchorage to the north of Rubh' an Aiseig sheltered by the islets of Sgeirislum to the west and Eilean Sheumais to the east. Garbh Lingeigh is a larger islet further to the north in the Sound of Hellisay.

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Islands of the Sound of Barra Uninhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides {{WesternIsles-geo-stub