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  • |picture=Terminal Three on Salt Island - geograph.org.uk - 1457562.jpg |picture caption=Terminal Three on Salt Island
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  • ...he way are the North Stack Fog Signal station, [[Caer y Tŵr]], [[Holyhead Mountain]] and Tŷ Mawr Hut Circles. ...tion was Bryan Ferry's, after he saw a TV documentary about lava flows and rock formations in [[Anglesey]], in which South Stack was heavily featured.
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  • ...opular recreational destination, particularly for walkers, horseriders and mountain bikers. A long distance footpath and bridleway, the South Downs Way, follow ...r Chalk, a thin band of cream-coloured nodular chalk known as the Melbourn Rock marking the boundary between the Lower and Middle units.
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  • |picture caption=Crickhowell and Table Mountain ...Crickhowell is taken from that of the nearby Iron Age hill fort of [[Table Mountain|Crug Hywel]] above the town.
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  • ...chope Cairn, a plain description is that it is a summit strewn with broken rock, scoured by the wind and where the weather descends swiftly. It is however A walker may avail himself of any of several routes up the mountain. It is 5 miles from Mounthooly in College Valley, a dale worth a visit for
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  • | [[Blackstairs Mountain]] | [[Black Rock Mountain]]
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  • '''Snaefell''' is the highest mountain of the [[Isle of Man]], and the island's only summit higher than 2,000 feet ...es over the slopes of Snaefell, and is the highest section of the Snaefell Mountain Course over which the Isle of Man TT Races are held. Walkers often use the
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  • ...English (and Spanish) is itself from the Arabic ''Jebel Tariq'' ("Tariq's mountain"), the Arabic name for the Strait is ''Bab el-Zakat'', meaning "Gate of Cha ...Neanderthals dates back to 125,000 years ago and it is believed that the [[Rock of Gibraltar]] may have been one of the last outposts of Neanderthal habita
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  • ...]. Above the opposite bank are the hills of Derlwyn and Clogwyn Mawr and a rock formation known as the Lady of Snowdon, due to its resemblance to a human f
    2 KB (344 words) - 19:07, 1 September 2018
  • |name=Brandon Mountain ...f the mountains of the peninsula's mountainous spine and the highest Irish mountain outside the [[MacGillycuddy's Reeks]].
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  • ...m the ridge the climb up to its highest peak, The Bones, is over windswept rock requiring steady balance and steady nerves.
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  • '''Kippure''' is a granite mountain that stands on the border of [[County Dublin]] and [[County Wicklow]]. Its ...ownland of Kippure is of 1,490 acres and occupies the western flank of the mountain. The ridge between the summits of Kippure and [[Seefingan]] defines the nor
    3 KB (402 words) - 10:49, 27 March 2018
  • '''Benbaun''' is a mountain amongst the [[Twelve Bens]] in [[Connemara]], in [[County Galway]]. Benbau ...ara". The name is given because there is a great deal of white rock on the mountain, mainly quartz, though this is more a feature of nearby [[Benbrack]].
    965 B (150 words) - 10:37, 27 March 2018
  • ...st peak of a ridge of mountains collectively referred to as '''Carlingford Mountain''', which rises near the town of [[Carlingford, County Louth]]. ...Louth]]. The chain of mountains of which it is a part rises at The Foxes Rock, and runs for roughly 4 miles in a south easterly direction, culminating in
    1 KB (187 words) - 10:58, 27 March 2018
  • ...> There are a few beds of marble and limestone gravel near the foot of the mountain.<ref>({{Harvnb|encyclopaedia|1830|p=453}})</ref>
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  • ...e river itself is called the River Wygyr which flows from just below Parys Mountain to the sea at Cemaes. It is joined along the way by the Afon Meddanen on Ca Thoroughout its history the village has had three names. The first was Castell Iorwerth ("Iorwerth's Castle") after an import
    6 KB (1,067 words) - 08:40, 25 May 2019
  • ...t coast of [[Anglesey]] ({{getmapecho|SH490889}}). The bay is bordered by three beaches. ...k''). At low tide, however, it is possible to walk on the sand between the three beaches and also onto th beaches of [[Lligwy Bay]] to the south. Traeth Dul
    6 KB (986 words) - 17:42, 3 July 2013
  • ...the most sheltered anchorage and the surrounding cliffs contain a natural rock arch. Housa Voe to the east (Old Norse: 'house bay') is less secluded but i ...le. The lack of peat led to 'turf scalping' for fuel and the bare areas of rock in the interior.<ref name=PSG/><ref>Spence, David (1979) ''Shetland's Livin
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  • |picture=Natural rock arch on the island of Vaila - geograph.org.uk - 454072.jpg |picture caption=Natural rock arch on Vaila
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  • '''Sgorr Ruadh''' is a mountain of [[Ross-shire]], standing in the mountainous area between Strath Carron a ...atabases/crags/craginfo.html?id=3443 www.ukclimbing.com.] Gives details of rock climbing.</ref>
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