Broad Bay, a sea-inlet of Stornoway parish, Outer Hebrides, Ross-shire, between the mainland of Lewis and the Aird. Extending south-westward, it measures 8 miles in length, and from 55/8 to 2¾ in breadth; and is so traversed by a sunken reef as to be unsafe for strange mariners; but is serviceable to mariners who are acquainted with its soundings and its anchorages.
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