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    Eriskay

    Èirisgeigh, Eariskaie, Eiríksey

    57°05′N 7°17′W

    Eriskay (Scottish Gaelic: Èirisgeigh), from the Old Norse for "Eric's Isle", is an island and community council area of the Outer Hebrides in northern Scotland with a population of 160. It lies between South Uist and Barra and is connected to South Uist by a causeway which was opened in 2001.

    Acairseid Mhor, Eriskay
    Acairseid Mhor, Eriskay

    Michael Earnshaw / CC BY-SA 2.0

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    57°05′N 7°17′W

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    Eriskay (Scottish Gaelic: Èirisgeigh), from the Old Norse for "Eric's Isle", is an island and community council area of the Outer Hebrides in northern Scotland with a population of 160. It lies between South Uist and Barra and is connected to South Uist by a causeway which was opened in 2001. In the same year Ceann a' Ghàraidh in Eriskay became the ferry terminal for travelling between South Uist and Barra. The Caledonian MacBrayne vehicular ferry travels between Eriskay and Ardmore in Barra. The crossing takes around 40 minutes.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Outer Hebrides

    Also in Hebrides

    Also in British Isles

    Also in Stack Islands

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
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