Which island is separated from the Scottish mainland by the Sound of Sleat?
Sound of Sleat year. Sound of Sleat The Sound of Sleat is a narrow sea channel off the western coast of Scotland. It divides the Sleat peninsula on the south-east side of the Isle of Skye from Morar, Knoydart and Glenelg on the Scottish mainland. The Sound extends in a south-south west direction for from Loch Alsh. It is widest () at the south-west entrance and narrows to just at Kyle Rhea, a narrow channel which connects the Sound through to Loch Alsh. The name is inherited from the peninsula to the north of the Sound, which derives its name from its Scottish
Clan Macdonald of Sleat Clan Macdonald of Sleat Clan Macdonald of Sleat, sometimes known as Clan Donald North and in Gaelic , is a Scottish clan and a branch of Clan Donald — one of the largest Scottish clans. The founder of the Macdonalds of Sleat was Ùisdean, or Hugh, a 6th great-grandson of Somerled, a 12th-century Lord of the Isles ("Rì Innse Gall"). The clan is known in Gaelic as "Clann Ùisdein" ("children of Ùisdein"), and its chief's Gaelic designation is "Mac Ùisdein" ("son of Ùisdean"), in reference to the clan's founder. Both the clan and its clan chief are recognised by the