South Ford

View over the South Ford from South Uist to Benbecula. The houses of Creagorry and Linaclate can be seen along the coast ; in the background the mountains Ruaval and Eaval .

The South Ford is a strait that separates the Scottish Hebridean islands of Benbecula in the north from the neighboring island of South Uist in the south . The waterway runs in an east-west direction and is about three kilometers wide at its widest point at the western end. At the narrowest point it measures only about 800 m. This is where the A865 crosses the canal on the South Ford Causeway and connects the neighboring islands. To the west, the narrow island of Gualan marks the end of the South Ford.

There are numerous small islands within the South Ford. In many places it has only a shallow water depth. At low tide, the strait falls partially dry and can be crossed on foot within a short period of time. To counter the dangers of the incoming tide and the quicksands, the South Ford Bridge was built in 1942 . In 1982 it was replaced by the South Ford Causeway dam .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
2. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
3. ↑ Entry on cne-siar.gov.uk ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Coordinates: 57 ° 23 ′ 40 "  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 35"  W.