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  • ...xceptionally clear days, [[Ireland]], [[Scotland]], [[England]], and the [[Isle of Man]] are all visible, as well as 24 counties, 29 lakes and 17 islands.
    27 KB (4,335 words) - 08:35, 3 October 2017
  • ...awn on November 12 with a small party of loyal officers, en route to the [[Isle of Wight]], where he sought sanctuary under the protection of Colonel Rober
    27 KB (4,407 words) - 22:43, 28 January 2016
  • ...]] cover the vast bulk of the British Isles, while between them lies the [[Isle of Man]], a British crown dependency. By courtesy and tradition if not by ...he gave these islands the names ''Albion'', ''Iwernia'', and ''Mona'' (the Isle of Man), suggesting these may have been native names of the individual isla
    23 KB (3,564 words) - 23:43, 6 May 2014
  • |[[Aber Isle]]||Kilmaronock||Dunbartonshire
    12 KB (1,825 words) - 12:06, 31 October 2016
  • ...east coast. Craighouse is home to the island's sole distillery, producing Isle of Jura whisky.<ref>[http://www.isleofjura.com/distillery.aspx isleofjura.c ...its former state; indeed, before the clearances and abundance of deer, the isle's name was thought to come from 'the great quantity of yew trees which grew
    10 KB (1,648 words) - 08:37, 15 April 2016
  • ...Mull]] to the south. To the north and west rolls the open sea, with the [[Isle of Muck]] far off to the northwest and [[Eigg]] beyond it.
    7 KB (1,022 words) - 13:45, 18 April 2016
  • |[[Isle of Man]]
    19 KB (2,178 words) - 15:25, 22 August 2021
  • *In the [[Cuillin Hills]] on the Isle of [[Skye]], [[Inverness-shire]]: ...s said to have missed the [[Inaccessible Pinnacle]] of Sgurr Dearg, on the Isle of Skye, which he never climbed.<ref name="test3">"The Munros" Page 5 Quote
    16 KB (2,412 words) - 22:16, 20 October 2014
  • ...wide, giving 25 miles of coastline. Montserrat is nicknamed ''the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean'', both for its resemblance to coastal [[Ireland]] and for
    14 KB (2,171 words) - 14:16, 4 December 2022
  • ...first landing and claimed the territory for Great Britain, naming it "the Isle of Georgia" in honour of King George III.
    24 KB (3,680 words) - 09:21, 6 September 2021
  • ...des#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England |title=Hampshire and the Isle of Wight |year=1967 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=
    15 KB (2,312 words) - 21:30, 19 December 2014
  • '''Skye''' or the '''Isle of Skye''' is a mountainous isle in the [[Inner Hebrides]], belonging to [[Inverness-shire]] and famed in so ...ate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the [[Cuillin]] hills. The Isle of Skye is renowned for its spectacular scenery, vibrant culture and herita
    33 KB (5,171 words) - 16:05, 22 February 2017
  • ...to the north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, which runs from the Isle of [[Arran]] to [[Stonehaven]]. The lands north of the fault comprise ancie
    30 KB (4,615 words) - 08:44, 24 October 2015
  • *'''Boreray''' is from the Norse for "fortified isle" ...eference is from the late 14th century, when John of Fordun mentioned 'the isle of Irte, which is agreed to be under the Circius and on the margins of the
    68 KB (10,888 words) - 15:23, 23 August 2019
  • ...ref>Harrison, "William Camden and the F-Text," p. 222.</ref> and William L'Isle; the latter probably passed the manuscript on to Laud.<ref>Howorth, "The An ...to the island. However, this is a legendary foundation: the name of the "Isle of Wight" predates these sixth century dates, coming from Old Welsh, and it
    44 KB (7,098 words) - 09:33, 30 January 2021
  • ...miles of coastline and several offshore islands, none large except for the Isle of [[Anglesey]], the largest island in the Irish Sea, and [[Holy Island, An
    32 KB (5,049 words) - 09:34, 30 January 2021
  • ...x.cfm?fuseaction=attractions.content&cmid=476 |title=Venus Pool |publisher=Isle of Sark}}</ref> lies close to the southeasternmost point of Little Sark. Pr ...x.cfm?fuseaction=attractions.content&cmid=467 |title=La CoupĂ©e |publisher=Isle of Sark}}</ref> According to a description in 1875:
    12 KB (2,174 words) - 16:37, 7 August 2015
  • [[File:Stone of Setter, Isle of Eday - geograph.org.uk - 108128.jpg|thumb|200px|The Stone of Setter]]
    14 KB (2,319 words) - 20:16, 10 March 2020
  • ...d that the Sands were the eroded remains of a clay island similar to the [[Isle of Sheppey]], rather than a mere shifting of the sea bottom shaped by curre
    13 KB (2,098 words) - 21:12, 11 April 2012
  • *[[Hestan Island]], a tidal isle of Kirkcudbrightshire The famous [[Isle of Whithorn]] at the very furthermost of the firth is now peninsula though
    5 KB (837 words) - 12:59, 31 May 2015

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