South Uist National Scenic Area

South Uist represents an island of 32,026 hectares (124 square miles) at the border with Barra and Benbecula in the Na h-Eileanan Siar region,in Scotland. The east part of the island is mountainous, the highest summit being 2034 feet, Beinn Mhor. The west side is featured by a couple of the top beaches, a long path of sandy stretches leaned by dunes and flower-filled machair(fertile low-lying coastal plain). Tourism is vital to the island's economy and attractions cover the Kildonan Museum housing the sixteenth century Clanranald Stone and the remains of the house where Flora MacDonald was born.