Fuday

Not to be confused with Wiay, Uist; Wiay, Skye; or Fuiay.

Fuday (Scottish Gaelic: Fùideigh) is an uninhabited island of about 232 hectares (570 acres) and is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies just east of Scurrival Point on Barra and west of Eriskay. Fuday is owned by the Scottish Government.^[4] Deserted since 1901, its peak population is recorded only as seven.

Fuday

Scottish Gaelic name	Fùideigh
Location
Fuday Fuday shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference	NF736082
Coordinates	57.05°N 07.39°W / 57.05; -07.39
Physical geography
Island group	Uists and Barra
Area	232 ha (7⁄8 sq mi)
Area rank	101 [1]
Highest elevation	Mullach Neacail, 89 m (292 ft)
Administration
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	uninhabited since 1901
References	[2][3]

An Caolas Fuideach

It is still used for the summer grazing of cattle, and they used to be swum across the 1-mile-wide (2-kilometre), but shallow, Caolas Fuideach (strait) to there from Eoligarry. When cattle were first introduced to the island, they were killed by dehydration. The crofters who left the cattle on the island failed to show the animals the location of the only drinkable source of water on the island, a loch far inland on the island. The cattle thus could not find drinking water and died of thirst.^{[citation needed]}