Uists

E526954
geographical region island group

The Uists are a chain of sparsely populated islands in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, known for their rugged coastlines, sandy beaches, and Gaelic-speaking communities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Uist 3
Uists canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
island group ⓘ
climate maritime climate ⓘ
containsSettlement Balivanich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Daliburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lionacleit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lochmaddy NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
culturalRegion Gaelic Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Minch NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Baleshare NERFINISHED ⓘ
Benbecula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Berneray (North Uist) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eriskay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grimsay NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Uist NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Uist NERFINISHED ⓘ
smaller surrounding islets ⓘ
knownFor Gaelic-speaking communities ⓘ
birdlife ⓘ
machair landscapes ⓘ
rugged coastlines ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
traditional crofting ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
locatedIn North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Outer Hebrides ⓘ
Western Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Barra NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedWestOf Scottish mainland NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Comhairle nan Eilean Siar local authority area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hebrides NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity crofting ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
region Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) council area NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion predominantly Protestant in North Uist ⓘ
predominantly Roman Catholic in South Uist and Benbecula ⓘ
terrain boggy moorland ⓘ
freshwater lochs ⓘ
low-lying machair on west coast ⓘ
transport Benbecula Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeway links between islands ⓘ
ferry connections to mainland Scotland ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benbecula Airport → serves → Uists ⓘ
clan MacDonald → territory → Uists ⓘ
subject surface form: Clan MacDonald
this entity surface form: Uist
Outer Hebrides → hasIslandGroup → Uists ⓘ
Gaelic Scotland → locatedIn → Uists ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uist
Lordship of the Isles → territoryIncludes → Uists ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uist