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The Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blessed [1] [2] (Ancient Greek: μακάρων νῆσοι, makarōn nēsoi) [3] were semi-legendary islands in the Atlantic Ocean, variously treated as a simple geographical location and as a winterless earthly paradise inhabited by the heroes of Greek mythology.
"Small Isles" is the name of the coterminous civil parish and former Church of Scotland parish, [5] originally created in 1726 from part of Sleat parish, the balance of which lies on the much larger island of Skye.
Isle Royale National Park is a national park of the United States consisting of Isle Royale, along with more than 400 small adjacent islands and the surrounding waters of Lake Superior, in Michigan. Isle Royale is 45 mi (72 km) long and 9 mi (14 km) wide, with an area of 206.73 sq mi (535.4 km 2 ), making it the fourth-largest lake island in ...
Northeast side of the island. Just Room Enough Island, also known as Hub Island, [1] is an island located in the Thousand Islands chain, in New York, United States.The island is known for being the smallest inhabited island, which appears to be around 3,300 square feet (310 m 2), or about one-thirteenth of an acre.
The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) [1] is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. [3] [4] It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
St Mary's Isle (also known as Conister Rock or the Tower of Refuge, Manx: Kione y Sker or Creg Voirrey) is a partially submerged reef in Douglas Bay on the Isle of Man.Prior to 1832 the rock was the property of the Quane family until John Quane, Attorney General of the Isle of Man, presented the rock to Sir William Hillary, in his capacity as President of the Isle of Man District of the Royal ...
Ailsa Craig (/ ˈ eɪ l s ə /; Scots: Ailsae Craig; Scottish Gaelic: Creag Ealasaid) is an island of 99 ha (240 acres) in the outer Firth of Clyde, 16 km (8 + 1 ⁄ 2 nmi) west of mainland Scotland, upon which microgranite has long been quarried to make curling stones.
The Holy Island or Holy Isle (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean MoLaise) is an island in the Firth of Clyde, off the west coast of central Scotland, inside Lamlash Bay on the larger Isle of Arran. The island is around 3 kilometres (1 + 7 ⁄ 8 mi) long and around 1 kilometre (5 ⁄ 8 mi) wide. Its highest point is the hill Mullach Mòr.