Place details
Place nameWestern Isles
Other namesWestern Islands, Outer Hebrides, Hebrides, Outer, W Isls
CountryUnited Kingdom
Latitude57.667
Longitude-7
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Island group and administrative region are coextensive; name often is used to describe both Inner and Outer Hebrides; economy is based on fishing, and cattle and sheep breeding; administrative center is Stornoway.