Caolas

{{Short description|Settlement in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Scotland

| official_name = Caolas

| gaelic_name = An Caolas

| static_image_name = Caolas Bhatarsaigh - geograph.org.uk - 1367873.jpg

| static_image_caption = Road and house at Caolas

| population =

| language = Scottish Gaelic

| language1 = English

| os_grid_reference = NL629973

| coordinates = {{coord|56.944|-7.544|display=inline,title}}

| civil_parish = Barra

| unitary_scotland = {{lang|gd|Comhairle nan Eilean Siar|italic=no}}

| lieutenancy_scotland = Western Isles

| constituency_scottish_parliament = {{lang|gd|Na h-Eileanan an Iar|italic=no}}

| constituency_westminster = {{lang|gd|Na h-Eileanan an Iar|italic=no}}

| post_town = ISLE OF BARRA

| postcode_area = HS

| postcode_district = HS9

| dial_code = 01871

}}

Caolas ({{langx|gd|An Caolas}} {{IPA|gd|ən̪ˠ ˈkʰɯːl̪ˠəs̪|}}), is a small settlement on the island of Vatersay, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Caolas is within the parish of Barra.{{cite web |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/towndetails8726.html |title=Details of Caolas |publisher=Scottish Places |access-date=24 December 2014 }} It is the westernmost settlement in Scotland. Previously, the village on Hirta claimed this title; Hirta was also the most western settlement in the United Kingdom, which is now Belleek, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

{{wikt-lang|gd|Caolas}} is a word (in both Scottish Gaelic and Irish) meaning "straits" and frequently rendered as "kyles" in English.