| 词条 | Muldoanich |
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|Map= |coordinates = {{coord|56.919|-7.443|display=inline}} |location_map=Scotland Outer Hebrides |caption=Muldoanich shown within the Outer Hebrides |GridReference=NL688940 |celtic name=Maol Dòmhnaich |norse name= |meaning of name= Duncan's rounded hill |area= {{convert|78|ha|sqmi|2}} |area rank= 164= |highest elevation= Cruachan na h-àin 153 m |Population=0 |population rank= |main settlement= |island group=Uist and Barra |local authority=Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |references=[1][2][3][4] }} Muldoanich is an uninhabited island in the Barra Isles archipelago at the southern extremity of the larger island chain of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. The island is 78 hectares (193 acres - about a third of a sq. mile) in area and rises to a maximum height of 153 metres (502 ft) at the peak of Cruachan na h-àin ("midday hill").[2] Muldoanich stands about {{convert|4|km|mi}} south east of Castlebay, the main port on the island of Barra, and it is a prominent landmark for the approaching ferry and other craft. It has no level ground. There are no census records, but the southern headland of Vanish (meaning "headland of the house" or "sacred place" in Gaelic) may indicate habitation at some time in the past.[2] EtymologyThe name "Muldoanich" is probably the anglicised version of the {{lang-gd|Maol Dòmhnaich}} meaning{{fact|date=February 2017}} "Duncan's rounded hill". It is shown with that name on Ordnance Survey maps. Mul Domhnach, meaning "Sunday island", is another possible derivation. Writing in the 16th century, Dean Munro referred to the island as "Scarp" and it appears as "Scarpa" on Blaeu's atlas of 1654.[2] Martin Martin refers to "Muldonish" in his 1695 voyage around the Western Isles, stating "about a mile in circumference; it is high in the middle, covered over with heath and grass, and is the only forest here for maintaining the deer, being commonly about seventy or eighty in number."[5]{{clear left}}References1. ^"Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands" {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20100402164153/http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/occpapers/occasional-paper-10.html |date=2010-04-02 }} (28 November 2003) General Register Office for Scotland. Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 September 2007. {{Commons cat|Maol Dòmhnaich}}{{Barra Isles}}{{coord|56|55|9|N|7|26|35|W|display=title|region:GB_type:isle}}2. ^1 2 3 {{Haswell-Smith|216-218}} 3. ^{{cite map| url=http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/| title=1:50,000| publisher=Ordnance Survey}} 4. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesK-O.pdf| title=Pàrlamaid na h-Alba placenames| accessdate=2007-07-21}} 5. ^Martin, Martin (1703) "A Description of The Western Islands of Scotland {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313003106/http://www.appins.org/martin.htm |date=2007-03-13 }}. Appin Regiment/Appin Historical Society. Retrieved 3 March 2007. 2 : Barra Isles|Uninhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides |
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