Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Long Island

Long Island, the Outer Hebrides, or largest group of the Western Islands, partly in Ross-shire, and chiefly in Inverness-shire. See Hebrides.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "the Outer Hebrides, or largest group of the Western Islands"   (ADL Feature Type: "archipelagos")
Administrative units: Inverness Shire ScoCnty       Ross Shire ScoCnty
Place: Eilean Siar

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