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Ceallasaigh Beag (or Keallasay BegHaswell-Smith p. 244) is a low-lying island in Loch Maddy off
(pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
Neither Ceallasaigh Mòr nor Ceallasaigh Beag are listed by Hamish Haswell-Smith in his definitive listings of islands greater in size than suggesting that he measured both of them as <40 ha, or that he considered them to be tidal and connected to mainland North Uist. It is possible that at some stages of the tide that these two islands are connected to one another and that Ceallasaigh Mòr is joined to North Uist near Bràigh Cheallasaigh.
North Uist
North Uist (; ) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Etymology
In Donald Munro's ''A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland Called Hybrides'' of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist are described as one isla ...
in the Outer Hebrides
The Outer Hebrides ( ) or Western Isles ( , or ), sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (), is an Archipelago, island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland.
It is the longest archipelago in the British Isles. The islan ...
of Scotland. This an area of shallow lagoons filled and drained by the tides each day. Ceallasaigh Mòr
Ceallasaigh Mòr (or Keallasay More) is a low-lying island in Loch Maddy off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one- ...
lies to the south and these two islets are connected by a narrow strip of sand during some low tides.
The area is c. as measured from Ordnance Survey
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maps at high tide. Rick Livingstone's Tables of the Islands of Scotland give an area of , which may include land connected at low tide such as the outlying islet of Corr Eilean Keallasay."Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland"(pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
Neither Ceallasaigh Mòr nor Ceallasaigh Beag are listed by Hamish Haswell-Smith in his definitive listings of islands greater in size than suggesting that he measured both of them as <40 ha, or that he considered them to be tidal and connected to mainland North Uist. It is possible that at some stages of the tide that these two islands are connected to one another and that Ceallasaigh Mòr is joined to North Uist near Bràigh Cheallasaigh.
See also
Other complex islands in the vicinity: *Eileanan Iasgaich
Na h-Eileanan Iasgaich comprise a small uninhabited archipelago in Loch Boisdale, in the south east of the island of South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The individual islands are separated from one another at high tide, but connected t ...
* Eileanan Chearabhaigh
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Eileanan Chearabhaigh is a collection of small uninhabited tidal islands off the south east coast of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The English language name Keiravagh Islands is sometimes used.Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 249 ...
Footnotes
References
* Uist islands {{WesternIsles-geo-stub