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Vatersay Bay

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Vatersay
Isle of Barra
Outer Hebrides

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Vatersay Bay is a beautiful half mile long sandy bay with a wide expanse of sand dunes.
Look out for the memorial to the 350 passengers who drowned when the Annie Jane was wrecked in the bay in 1853. The wreckage of a Catalina Flying Boat can be seen on the side of the road on the north side of the bay.

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Best photographed from north end of beach on the edge of the sand dunes looking south towards the village.

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Bùth Bharraigh

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Heaval

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Vatersay Bay

Type:Scenic Locations

About

TripAdvisor

Map & Directions

What's Nearby

Field Gentian-South Beach

Frog Orchid-South Beach

Allt Easdal

29. Kisimul Castle

28. Our Lady, Star of the Sea

Kisimul Castle

Barra Bunting

Bùth Bharraigh

Basking Shark-Between Vatersay and Mingulay

Heaval

Brevig Standing Stone

Allathasdal

Sea Holly-Pabbay Beach

Bird of Prey Trail - Craigston

Seal Bay

Dun Cuier

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