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Cromarty Firth

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The Cromarty Firth (Caolas Chrombaidh; literally "kyles of Cromarty") is an arm of the Moray Firth in Scotland. [1]

46 relations: A9 road (Scotland), Allt Graad, Alness, Amphibious aircraft, Basking shark, Black Isle, Bottlenose dolphin, Common dolphin, Consolidated PBY Catalina, Cromarty, Cromarty Rose, Culbokie, Dingwall, Dingwall Canal, Dry dock, Evanton, Firth, Foulis Castle, George Wimpey, Grey seal, Harbor seal, Harbour porpoise, HMS Fieldfare, Humpback whale, Invergordon, Invergordon Mutiny, Last, Long-finned pilot whale, Minke whale, Molidae, Moray Firth, Nigg, Highland, North Sea oil, Northern bottlenose whale, Oil platform, Ramsar Convention, River Conon, Royal Air Force, Scotland, Scots language, Shoemaking, Short Sunderland, Special Protection Area, Strait, United Kingdom, World War II.

A9 road (Scotland)

The A9 is a major road running from the Falkirk council area in central Scotland to Scrabster Harbour, Thurso in the far north, via Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Perth and Inverness.

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Allt Graad

The Allt Graad (Ugly Stream) or River Glass is a river in Easter Ross, Highland, Scotland.

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Alness

Alness (Alanais) is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.

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Amphibious aircraft

An amphibious aircraft or amphibian is an aircraft that can take off and land on both land and water.

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Basking shark

The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark, after the whale shark, and one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark.

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Black Isle

The Black Isle (an t-Eilean Dubh) is a peninsula within Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish Highlands.

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Bottlenose dolphin

Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphin.

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Common dolphin

The common dolphin is the name given to two species of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus.

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

The Consolidated PBY Catalina, also known as the Canso in Canadian service, is an American flying boat, and later an amphibious aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s produced by Consolidated Aircraft.

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Cromarty

Cromarty (Cromba) is a town, civil parish and former royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland area of Scotland.

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Cromarty Rose

MV Cromarty Rose was the vehicle ferry serving the Nigg-Cromarty route across the Cromarty Firth, providing a summer only service from 1987 to 2009.

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Culbokie

Culbokie (An Cùil Bhàicidh in Gaelic) meaning 'the haunted nook' is a small village in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.

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Dingwall

Dingwall (Dingwal, Inbhir Pheofharain) is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Dingwall Canal

The Dingwall Canal was a short tidal canal running from the town of Dingwall to the Cromarty Firth in the county of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.

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Dry dock

A dry dock (sometimes dry-dock or drydock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform.

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Evanton

Evanton (Baile Eòghainn or Am Baile Ùr) is a large village in Easter Ross, in the Highland Council Area of Scotland.

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Firth

Firth is a word in the Scots and English languages used to denote various coastal waters in Scotland and even a strait.

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Foulis Castle

Foulis Castle is situated five miles south-west of Alness in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.

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George Wimpey

George Wimpey was formed in 1880 and, based in Hammersmith, operated largely as a road surfacing contractor.

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Grey seal

The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus, meaning "hooked-nosed sea pig") is found on both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Harbor seal

The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Harbour porpoise

The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of six species of porpoise.

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HMS Fieldfare

HMS Fieldfare also known as R.A.F. Landing Ground Novar, then RNAS Evanton and later as RAF Evanton, is a disused airfield in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.

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Humpback whale

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale.

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Invergordon

Invergordon (Inbhir Ghòrdain or An Rubha) is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.

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Invergordon Mutiny

The Invergordon Mutiny was an industrial action by around 1,000 sailors in the British Atlantic Fleet that took place on 15–16 September 1931.

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Last

A last is a mechanical form that has a shape similar to that of a human foot.

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Long-finned pilot whale

The long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) is a large species of oceanic dolphin.

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Minke whale

The minke whale, or lesser rorqual, is a type of baleen whale.

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Molidae

The Molidae comprise the family of the molas or ocean sunfishes, unusual fish whose bodies come to an end just behind the dorsal and anal fins, giving them a "half-fish" appearance.

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Moray Firth

The Moray Firth (Scottish Gaelic: An Cuan Moireach, Linne Mhoireibh or Caolas Mhoireibh) is a roughly triangular inlet (or firth) of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of north of Scotland.

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Nigg, Highland

Nigg (from the An Neag meaning "the notch", referring to a feature of the hills above the parish church) is a village and parish in Easter Ross, administered by The Highland Council.

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North Sea oil

North Sea oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid petroleum and natural gas, produced from petroleum reservoirs beneath the North Sea.

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Northern bottlenose whale

The northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) is a species of beaked whale in the ziphiid family, being one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon.

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Oil platform

An oil platform, offshore platform, or offshore drilling rig is a large structure with facilities for well drilling to explore, extract, store, process petroleum and natural gas which lies in rock formations beneath the seabed.

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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.

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River Conon

The River Conon (Conann) is a river in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scots language

Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots).

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Shoemaking

Shoemaking is the process of making footwear.

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Short Sunderland

The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Special Protection Area

A Special Protection Area (SPA) is a designation under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.

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Strait

A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromarty_Firth

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