Seaforth Island

Seaforth Island

:"There is also a Seaforth Island in the Whitsunday Islands of Queensland, Australia"Infobox Scottish island |
latitude=58.00
longitude=-06.43
GridReference=NB207111
celtic name=Eilean Shìphiort or Mulag
norse name=Múli
meaning of name=Norse for 'craggy ridge between fjords'.
area=273 ha
area rank=93
highest elevation=217 m
Population= 0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Outer Hebrides
local authority=Outer Hebrides
references= [2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ] Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) "The Scottish Islands". Edinburgh. Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-454-3.]

Infobox Mountain
Name = Seaforth Island
Photo =
Caption =
Elevation = 217 m (713 ft)
Location = Loch Seaforth between Harris and Lewis, Scotland
Prominence = 217 m
Coordinates =
Topographic
OS "Landrangers" 13, 14
Type =
First ascent =
Easiest route =
Grid_ref_UK = NB207111
Listing = Marilyn

Seaforth Island (Scottish Gaelic: "Eilean Shìphiort/Shìophort" or "Mulag") 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. Of the two variant Gaelic names, one is from the Old Norse name which describes its geographical location and the other is for Francis MacKenzie, Lord Seaforth, who inherited the island in 1783.

The island has poor soil which only supports rough grazing.

History

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.

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