Mealasta
| Mealasta | ||
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| Waters | North Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | Outer Hebrides | |
| Geographical location | 58 ° 4 '48 " N , 7 ° 7' 29" W | |
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| length | 1.6 km | |
| width | 1.1 km | |
| surface | 1.2 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 77 m ASL | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Mealasta ( Scottish Gaelic Eilean Mhealasta , also Mealista or Eilean Mhealastadh ) is a Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides . It is located in the council area of the same name and was historically part of the traditional county of Ross-shire . The now uninhabited island once had a permanent population, as evidenced by the ruins of Shieling huts near the north shore.
geography
Mealasta is located in the North Atlantic off the Isle of Lewis , from which it is separated by a sound at least 850 meters wide. It is located in front of the northern entrance to the Loch Resort , which marks the border between Lewis and Harris , the two parts of the twin island of Lewis and Harris . Opposite Lewis is the Mealista desert . The islands of Scarp and Fladday are around four kilometers south .
The island is a maximum of 1.6 kilometers long and 1.1 kilometers wide and has an area of 1.2 square kilometers. It usually rises steeply out of the water and towers to a maximum height of 77 meters.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ a b Mealista or Eilean Mhealastadh in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882-1885.
- ↑ Entry on Shieling huts on Mealasta in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Rick Linvingstone's Table of the Islands of Scotland
