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  2. List of islands of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Inner and Outer Hebrides. This is a list of islands of Scotland, ... Holm of Mel was a tidal island linked to the west coast of Bressay at low tide but it ...

  3. List of outlying islands of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Mugdrum seen from Newburgh Soay, St Kilda, the westernmost island of Scotland (excluding Rockall, the status of which is a matter of dispute) Winter waves breaking over Rockall in 1943 Sula Sgeir The westernmost of the Flannan Isles: Eilean a' Ghobha and Roareim with Brona Cleit in the distance The Rabbit Islands Stac an Armin with Boreray to the left and Stac Lee beyond at right Stac Levenish ...

  4. Hebrides - Wikipedia

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    'Southern isles') are an archipelago off the west coast of the Scottish mainland. The islands fall into two main groups, based on their proximity to the mainland: the Inner and Outer Hebrides. These islands have a long history of occupation (dating back to the Mesolithic period), and the culture of the inhabitants has been successively ...

  5. Outer Hebrides - Wikipedia

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    The Outer Hebrides (/ ˈ h ɛ b r ɪ d iː z / HEB-rid-eez) or Western Isles (Scottish Gaelic: na h-Eileanan Siar [nə ˈhelanən ˈʃiəɾ] ⓘ, na h-Eileanan an Iar [nə ˈhelanən əɲ ˈiəɾ] ⓘ or na h-Innse Gall, 'Islands of the Strangers'; Scots: Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Fada), is an island chain off the west coast of ...

  6. List of Inner Hebrides - Wikipedia

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    This list of Inner Hebrides summarises a chain of islands and skerries located off the west coast of mainland Scotland. There are 36 inhabited islands in this archipelago, of which Islay, Mull and Skye are the largest and most populous. The islands of Scotland's west coast are known collectively as the Hebrides; the Inner Hebrides are separated ...

  7. List of Outer Hebrides - Wikipedia

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    The Outer Hebrides is a chain of more than 100 islands and small skerries located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of mainland Scotland. There are 15 inhabited islands in this archipelago, which is also known as the Western Isles and archaically as the Long Isle (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Fada). [Note 1] Lewis and Harris is the largest ...

  8. Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    A line running from Bloody Foreland) in Ireland to the West point of Tory Island, on to Barra Head, the Southwest point of the Hebrides, thence through these islands, in such a manner that the West coasts of the main islands appertain to the Atlantic Ocean and all the narrow waters appertain to the Inner Seas, as far as the Butt of Lewis (North ...

  9. Iona - Wikipedia

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    As the Norse domination of the west coast of Scotland advanced, Iona became part of the Kingdom of the Isles. The Norse Rex plurimarum insularum Amlaíb Cuarán died in 980 or 981 whilst in "religious retirement" on Iona. [37] [38] Nonetheless, the island was sacked twice by his successors, on Christmas night 986 and again in 987. [39]