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Lingeigh, North Uist

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For other places with the same name, see List of islands called Linga.

Lingeigh
Location
Scottish Gaelic name	Lingeigh
Meaning of name	heather island
LingeighLingeigh shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference	NF869783
Coordinates	57°40′48″N 7°15′14″W / 57.68°N 7.254°W / 57.68; -7.254
Physical geography
Island group	Uists and Barra
Area	42 hectares (0.16 sq mi)
Highest elevation	33 m (108 ft)
Administration
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	0
Population rank	216

References

Lingeigh is an uninhabited island off North Uist, south east of Boreray. It is separated from North Uist by Traigh Lingeigh.

Aerial view of Lingeigh (centre), Boreray (left), and North Uist

Footnotes

Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
"Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland" (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
^ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.

v t e Inhabited islands of the Hebrides
Inner Hebrides	Canna Coll Colonsay Danna Eigg Eilean dà Mhèinn Eilean Shona Eilean Tioram Erraid Gigha Gometra Iona Islay Isle of Ewe Jura Kerrera Lismore Muck Mull Oronsay Raasay Sanday Scalpay Rona Rùm Skye Slate Islands: (Easdale, Luing, Seil, Shuna) Soay Summer Isles Tiree Ulva
Outer Hebrides	Baleshare Barra Benbecula Berneray Eriskay Flodaigh Fraoch-eilean Great Bernera Grimsay (North) Grimsay (South) Lewis and Harris North Uist Scalpay South Uist Vatersay

57°41′8″N 7°15′18″W / 57.68556°N 7.25500°W / 57.68556; -7.25500