Vatersay
The island of Vatersay is the southernmost and westernmost inhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, and the settlement of Caolas on the north coast of the island is the westernmost permanently inhabited place in Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bhatarsaigh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sandray and Annie Jane Monument, Vatersay.
Sandray
Island
Photo: GerritR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sandray is one of the Barra Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It never had a large population, and has been uninhabited since 1934. It is now known for its large seabird colony. Sandray is situated 2 miles south of Vatersay.
Annie Jane Monument, Vatersay
Memorial
Photo: Fæ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Annie Jane Monument, Vatersay is a memorial.
Flodday near Vatersay
Island
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Flodday is an uninhabited island, south west of Barra in the Western Islands of Scotland. Flodday near Vatersay is situated 2 miles southwest of Vatersay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caolas and Castlebay.
Caolas
Village
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caolas, is a small settlement on the island of Vatersay, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Caolas is within the parish of Barra. It is the westernmost settlement in Scotland. Caolas is situated 2 miles north of Vatersay.
Castlebay
Village
Photo: Paul Store, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castlebay is the main village and a community council area on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The village is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean dominated by Kisimul Castle, as well as nearby islands such as Vatersay. Castlebay is situated 3 miles northeast of Vatersay.
Borve
Village
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borve is a village on the west coast of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Borve is within the parish of Barra, and is situated on the A888 which is the island's circular main road. Borve is situated 4½ miles north of Vatersay.
Vatersay
- Category: landform
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Vatersay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Vatersay”
- Bengali: “বার্নাই, ভাটার সেহ”
- Breton: “Bhatarsaigh”
- Catalan: “Vatersay”
- Cebuano: “Vatersay Island”
- Chinese: “法特塞伊”
- Chinese: “瓦特賽島”
- Czech: “Vatersay”
- Dutch: “Vatersay”
- Finnish: “Bhatarsaigh”
- French: “Vatersay”
- German: “Vatersay”
- Greek: “Βάτερσι”
- Gujarati: “વેટરસે”
- Hungarian: “Vatersay”
- Irish: “Bhatarsaigh”
- Italian: “Bhatarsaigh”
- Italian: “Vatersay”
- Japanese: “ヴァターセイ島”
- Japanese: “ヴァタルサイ島”
- Kannada: “ವಾಟರ್ಸೆ”
- Korean: “바라흐, 바타르사르”
- Lithuanian: “Barajas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vatersay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vatersay”
- Norwegian: “Vatersay”
- Polish: “Vatersay”
- Portuguese: “Vatersay”
- Russian: “Ватерсей”
- Scots: “Vatersay”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bhatarsaigh”
- Spanish: “Vatersay”
- Swedish: “Vatersay”
- Tamil: “வட்டர்சாய்”
- Telugu: “వాటర్సే”
- Urdu: “واتیرسای”
- Welsh: “Bhatarsaigh”
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