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The Old Norse name for the Hebrides during the Viking occupation was Suðreyjar, which means "Southern Isles"; in contrast to the Norðreyjar, or "Northern Isles" of Orkney and Shetland. [ 141 ] South of Ardnamurchan , Gaelic place names are more common, [ 140 ] and after the 13th century, Gaelic became the main language of the entire Hebridean ...
Map of the Inner and Outer Hebrides. This is a list of islands of Scotland, ... whilst those of the Northern Isles tend to be derived from the Viking names.
Topographic map of Scotland Boreray and the stacks from the heights of Conachair, Hirta. The outlying islands of Scotland are not part of the larger archipelagos and island groups of Scotland—the Hebrides, the Northern Isles or the Islands of the Forth and Clyde estuaries.
The Isle of Skye, [a] [8] or simply Skye, [b] is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. [Note 1] The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated by the Cuillin, the rocky slopes of which provide some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in the country.
Ordnance Survey Map of 1896. The Small Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Tarsainn [2]) are a small archipelago in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. They lie south of Skye and north of Mull and Ardnamurchan – the most westerly point of mainland Scotland.
Map of Rona from A Vertebrate Fauna of the Outer Hebrides [9]. The island lies 71 kilometres (38 nautical miles) northwest of Cape Wrath, the same distance north-northeast of the Butt of Lewis, and 16 kilometres (8 + 1 ⁄ 2 nmi) east of Sula Sgeir. [1]
The geography of Scotland is varied from rural lowlands to unspoilt uplands, and from large cities to sparsely inhabited islands. Located in Northern Europe, Scotland comprises the northern part of the island of Great Britain as well as 790 surrounding islands encompassing the major archipelagos of the Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and the Inner and Outer Hebrides. [3]
The Minch (Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhaoil) is a strait in north-west Scotland that separates the mainland from Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides. It was known as Skotlandsfjörð ("Scotland's firth") in Old Norse. [1] The Minch's southern extension, which separates Skye from the middle islands of the Hebridean chain, is known as the Little Minch.