- Fuday
Infobox Scottish island
latitude=57.05
longitude=-07.39
GridReference=NF736082
celtic name=Fùideigh
norse name=
meaning of name=
area=232 ha (573 acres)
area rank=101
highest elevation=Mullach Neacail 89 m (292 ft)
Population= uninhabited since 1901
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Uists andBarra
local authority=Na h-Eileanan Siar
references= [2001 UK Census perList of islands of Scotland ] Haswell-Smith] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ]Fuday (Fuideigh) is an uninhabited island of about 570 acres (2.3 km²) in the
Outer Hebrides ofScotland .It lies in the Sound of Barra, just east of Scurrival Point onBarra and west ofEriskay . Fuday is owned by theScottish Government . [cite web|url=http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst7816.html| title=Overview of Fuday| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| accessdate=2007-11-11] Deserted since1901 , its peak population is recorded only as seven.It is still used for the summer grazing of cattle, and they used to be swum across the mile wide, but shallow Caolas Fuideach (strait) to there from Eoligarry.
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