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  2. List of islands of Wales - Wikipedia

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    There are no islands of any great size in lakes in Wales. The crannog in Llangorse Lake is an artificial island. Several reservoirs contain islets e.g. Llyn Brenig, Elan Valley Reservoirs and Llyn Trawsfynydd, the last named having the largest and most numerous, though some are linked by causeways.

  3. Skokholm - Wikipedia

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    Skokholm (Welsh: Ynys Sgogwm) or Skokholm Island [1] is an island 2.5 miles (4.0 km) off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, south of the neighbouring island of Skomer. [2] [3] The surrounding waters are a marine reserve and all are part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Both islands are listed as Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

  4. Coastline of Wales - Wikipedia

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    In the southeast, Sully Island is linked to the Glamorgan coast at low tide whilst Flat Holm is 3 miles off the coast at the east end of the Bristol Channel and is the southernmost part of Wales. Wales' most isolated island, and its westernmost island, is Grassholm, 6¾ miles (11 km) west of Skomer though the wave-washed rocks supporting the ...

  5. Grassholm - Wikipedia

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    Grassholm (Welsh: Gwales or Ynys Gwales) or Grassholm Island [2] is a small uninhabited island situated 13 kilometres (8 mi) off the southwestern Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, lying west of Skomer, in the community of Marloes and St Brides. [3] It is the westernmost point in Wales other than the isolated rocks on which the Smalls Lighthouse stands

  6. Ynys Gored Goch - Wikipedia

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    Ynys Gored Goch ("Red Weir Island"), sometimes Ynys Gorad Goch, is a small island in the Menai Strait between Gwynedd and Anglesey in north Wales. [1] It is situated in the stretch of the strait called the Swellies between Thomas Telford's Menai Suspension Bridge and Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge.

  7. List of islands by area - Wikipedia

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    This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...

  8. ‘Lost’ islands of folklore may have actually existed off the ...

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    The “oldest map of Great Britain” along with geological data of Cardigan Bay off the coast of Wales provide “evidence for the existence of two ‘lost’ offshore islands,” the study says.

  9. Burry Holms - Wikipedia

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    A 1998 excavation by the National Museums and Galleries of Wales found that Burry Holms was used as a Mesolithic seasonal camp. Iron Age people subsequently built a 5-acre (20,000 m 2) hillfort and ditch on the island, while in Medieval times it was home to a monastery. The island is popular among collectors of shells.

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