Seaforth Island
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- There is also a Seaforth Island in the Whitsunday Islands of Queensland, Australia
| Seaforth Island | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 217 m (713 ft) |
| Location | Loch Seaforth between Harris and Lewis, Scotland |
| Prominence | 217 m |
| Topo map | OS Landrangers 13, 14 |
| OS grid reference | NB207111 |
| Listing | Marilyn |
Seaforth Island (gaelic: Eilean Shìphiort or Shìophort) is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Unlike other islands of the Outer Hebrides which are mainly surrounded by open sea, Seaforth Island lies in a narrow fjord-like sea loch named Loch Seaforth, 8 km from the open waters of the Minch. The island has poor soil which only supports rough grazing.
Although the island is not thought to have been inhabited in the past, the loch area was the subject of border disputes in the 19th century. In 1851, these were resolved by the unusual decision to allocate the whole of Seaforth Island to both counties, Ross and Cromarty and Inverness-shire, which at the time controlled Lewis and Harris respectively. This situation continued until the 1975 county reorganisation.
[edit] Reference
- The Scottish Islands Hamish Haswell-Smith ISBN 1-84195-454-3
