Flodaigh Mòr
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Flodaigh Mòr is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides
of Scotland
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. It contains a large freshwater loch (with its own islets). The eastern headland (Rubha nan Caorach) is almost detached. To the north, skerries almost connect to Floddaybeg.
Outer Hebrides
The Outer Hebrides also known as the Western Isles and the Long Island, is an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. The islands are geographically contiguous with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland...
of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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Geography and geology
Flodaigh Mòr lies east of North Uist, close offshore to RonayRonay
Ronay is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, which lies a short distance off the east coast of Grimsay.-Geography:Ronay has a highly indented coastline with Bàgh nan Uamh being the biggest up in the north west...
. It contains a large freshwater loch (with its own islets). The eastern headland (Rubha nan Caorach) is almost detached. To the north, skerries almost connect to Floddaybeg.