Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Watersay (or Vatersay)

Watersay (or Vatersay), island, Barra par., Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire, pop. 19; is separated from Barra island by Watersay Sound, and measures 2½ by 3 m.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Barra ScoP       Inverness Shire ScoCnty
Place names: VATERSAY     |     WATERSAY     |     WATERSAY OR VATERSAY
Place: Vatersay

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