Benbecula Sound (57°22'N., 7°13'W.) is the navigable, E part of a passage leading to South Ford (57°24'N., 7°19'W.) and separating South Uist from Benbecula. The shores of the sound are extremely irregular, with numerous islands, islets, and foul ground encumbering the passage. Tidal currents set into each end of the sound and South Ford on a rising tide and out each end on a falling tide.

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