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Achmelvich
Achmelvich (Gaelic: Achadh Mhealbhaich) is a settlement situated in the Highland region of Scotland.
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Barra
Barra (Barraigh, Eilean Bharraigh) is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and the second southernmost inhabited island there, after the adjacent island of Vatersay to which it is connected by a short causeway.
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Barra Head
Barra Head, also known as Berneray (Scottish Gaelic: Beàrnaraigh), is the southernmost of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland.
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Bay at the Back of the Ocean
The Bay at the Back of the Ocean (Scottish Gaelic: Camas Cuil an t-Saimh) is a wide, west facing bay on the island of Iona, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, and is so named because the next westward stop is North America.
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Beach ridge
A beach ridge is a wave-swept or wave-deposited ridge running parallel to a shoreline.
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Berneray (North Uist)
Berneray (Beàrnaraigh na Hearadh) is an island and community in the Sound of Harris, Scotland.
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Broadhaven Bay
Broadhaven Bay (Cuan an Inbhir) is a natural bay of the Atlantic Ocean situated on the northwestern coast of County Mayo, Ireland.
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Butt of Lewis
The Butt of Lewis (Rubha Robhanais) is the most northerly point of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.
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Butt of Lewis Lighthouse
Butt of Lewis Lighthouse, designed by David Stevenson, was built at Butt of Lewis to aid shipping in the 1860s.
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Calcareous grassland
Calcareous grassland (or alkaline grassland) is an ecosystem associated with thin basic soil, such as that on chalk and limestone downland.
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Calgary, Mull
Calgary is a hamlet on the north west coast of Mull, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
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Camas Uig
Camas Uig (Uig Bay) is a bay on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
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Chough
There are two species of passerine birds commonly called chough that constitute the genus Pyrrhocorax of the Corvidae (crow) family of birds.
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Climate change in Scotland
The mitigation of anthropogenic climate change in the nation of Scotland is a matter for the devolved Scottish Parliament.
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Coast
A coastline or a seashore is the area where land meets the sea or ocean, or a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake.
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Durness
Durness (Diùranais) is a village and civil parish in the north-west Highlands of Scotland.
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Duvillaun
Duvillaun (Black Island) (Gaelic: Dubhoileán) is the name of a cluster of islands lying south to the Inishkea Islands and Inishglora in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Mayo.
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Emergent coastline
An emergent coastline is a stretch along the coast that has been exposed by the sea by a relative fall in sea levels by either isostasy or eustasy.
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Environment of Scotland
Scotland occupies the northern part of the United Kingdom.
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Environmentally sensitive area
An environmentally sensitive area (ESA) is a type of designation for an agricultural area which needs special protection because of its landscape, wildlife or historical value.
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Erris
Erris is a barony in northwestern County Mayo in Ireland consisting of over, much of which is mountainous blanket bog.
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Fauna of Scotland
The fauna of Scotland is generally typical of the northwest European part of the Palearctic ecozone, although several of the country's larger mammals were hunted to extinction in historic times and human activity has also led to various species of wildlife being introduced.
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Fèis Bharraigh
Fèis Bharraigh is an annual Gaelic arts and culture event, held on Barra.
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Flora and fauna of the Outer Hebrides
The flora and fauna of the Outer Hebrides in north west Scotland comprises a unique and diverse ecosystem.
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Flora of Ireland
Ireland is in the Atlantic European Province of the Circumboreal Region, a floristic region within the Holarctic.
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Flora of Scotland
The flora of Scotland is an assemblage of native plant species including over 1,600 vascular plants, more than 1,500 lichens and nearly 1,000 bryophytes.
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Geography of Scotland
The geography of Scotland is varied, from rural lowlands to unspoilt uplands, and from large cities to sparsely inhabited islands.
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Geology of Ireland
The geology of Ireland consists of the study of the rock formations in Ireland.
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Geology of Scotland
The geology of Scotland is unusually varied for a country of its size, with a large number of differing geological features.
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Glenmore Bay
Glenmore Bay is a remote tidal, 150° orientated,coastal embayment, located on the southern coastline of the west to east orientated Ardnamurchan peninsula, at the head of the sea loch Loch Sunart.
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Great Bernera
Great Bernera (Beàrnaraigh Mòr), often known just as Bernera (Beàrnaraigh) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
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Gurteen Beach
Gurteen Beach (Trá na Feadóige in Irish meaning beach of the plover), located in Roundstone, County Galway, in the Connemara region of the west of Ireland, lies back-to-back with Dog's Bay.
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Highland English
Highland English or Highland and Island English is the variety of Scottish English spoken by many in the Scottish Highlands and the Hebrides.
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Inishglora
Inishglora is an island off the coast of the Mullet Peninsula in Erris, County Mayo in Ireland.
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Inishkea Islands
The Inishkea Islands (Goose Islands, Irish: Inis Gé) are situated off the coast of the Mullet peninsula in Ireland.
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Inner Hebrides
The Inner Hebrides (Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan a-staigh, "the inner isles") is an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides.
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Iona Community
The Iona Community, founded in 1938 by the Rev George MacLeod, is an ecumenical Christian community of men and women from different walks of life and different traditions within Christianity.
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Islands of the Clyde
The Islands of the Firth of Clyde are the fifth largest of the major Scottish island groups after the Inner and Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland.
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Isle Ristol
Isle Ristol, the innermost of the Summer Isles in Scotland, is a Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve.
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John Morton Boyd
John Morton Boyd CBE FRSE (31 January 1925 – 25 August 1998) was a Scottish zoologist, writer and conservationist.
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Julie Fowlis
Julie Fowlis (born 20 June 1978) is a Scottish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist who sings primarily in Scottish Gaelic.
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Kentra Bay
Kentra Bay, also known as the Singing Sands, is remote tidal, 306° orientated, coastal embayment located on the northern shore of the Ardnamurchan peninsula, at the extreme eastern side, where it meets the mainland proper, near Acharacle, in western Scottish Highlands of Scotland.
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Kirkibost
Kirkibost is a low-lying island west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
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Kyle of Durness
Kyle of Durness is a coastal inlet on the north coast of Scotland in the county of Sutherland.
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Lewis
Lewis (Leòdhas,, also Isle of Lewis) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland.
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List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin
This is a list of English words borrowed from Scottish Gaelic.
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List of landforms
Landforms are categorised by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure, and soil type.
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List of Special Areas of Conservation in the Republic of Ireland
The following is a list of Special Areas of Conservation in the Republic of Ireland, as listed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).
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Little Bernera
Little Bernera (Beàrnaraigh Beag) is a small island situated off the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.
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Loch Druidibeg
Loch Druidibeag is a freshwater loch situated on the island of South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
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Lough Yganavan and Lough Nambrackdarrig
Lough Yganavan and Lough Nambrackdarrig (Irish: Loch Gaineamháin agus Loch na mBreac Dearg) are two lakes of ecological importance in County Kerry, Ireland.
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Machair (disambiguation)
Machair is a Scottish Gaelic word referring to the fertile grassland near the shore, particularly prevalent in the Outer Hebrides.
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Machar
Machar may refer to: People.
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Machars
The Machars (Scottish Gaelic: Machair (Ghallghaidhealaibh); lit. "the Plains (of Galloway)") is a peninsula in Galloway in the south-west of Scotland.
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Machrie golf course
The Machrie Golf Course is located on Islay, in Scotland.
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Monach Islands
Not to be confused with Heysker/Hyskeir (Small Isles) or Haskeir The Monach Islands, also known as Heisker (Eilean Heisgeir / Heisgeir), are an island group west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
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National scenic area (Scotland)
A national scenic area (NSA) is a conservation designation used in Scotland, and administered by Scottish Natural Heritage.
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Natural history of Scotland
Natural history of Scotland concerns the flora, fauna and mycota of Scotland.
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North Uist
North Uist (Uibhist a Tuath) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
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Northern colletes
The northern colletes (Colletes floralis) is a species of bee within the genus Colletes.
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Outer Hebrides
The Outer Hebrides, also known as the Western Isles (Na h-Eileanan Siar or Na h-Eileanan an Iar), Innse Gall ("islands of the strangers") or the Long Isle or the Long Island (An t-Eilean Fada), is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland.
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Pasture
Pasture (from the Latin pastus, past participle of pascere, "to feed") is land used for grazing.
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Plain
In geography, a plain is a flat, sweeping landmass that generally does not change much in elevation.
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Portencross
Portencross (Port na Crois) is a hamlet near Farland Head in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Raised shoreline
A raised shoreline is an ancient shoreline exposed above current water level.
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Rùm
Rùm(), a Scottish Gaelic name often anglicised to Rum, is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, in the district of Lochaber, Scotland.
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Red-billed chough
The red-billed chough, Cornish chough or simply chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax.
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Rhinanthus minor
Rhinanthus minor, the yellow rattle, little yellow rattle, hayrattle or cockscomb, is a flowering plant in the genus Rhinanthus in the family Orobanchaceae, native to Europe, northern North America, and Western Asia.
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Sanday, Orkney
Sanday is one of the inhabited islands of Orkney that lies off the north coast of mainland Scotland.
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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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Secret Britain
Secret Britain is a BBC documentary series which has aired on BBC One since 15 August 2010.
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Shingle beach
A shingle beach (also referred to as rocky beach or pebble beach) is a beach which is armoured with pebbles or small- to medium-sized cobbles (as opposed to fine sand).
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South Lewis, Harris and North Uist National Scenic Area
South Lewis, Harris and North Uist is a large national scenic area (NSA) in the Western Isles of Scotland.
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South Uist
South Uist (Uibhist a Deas) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland.
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Taransay
Taransay (Tarasaigh) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
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Tóin an tSeanbhaile
Tóin an tSeanbhaile (Traditionally: Tóin a'tSean-bhaile, Colloquial The Valley/Tonatanvally) is a small village located on the north east point of Achill Island, Ireland.
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Terrace (geology)
In geology, a terrace is a step-like landform.
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Tiree
Tiree (Tiriodh) is the most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
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United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan
The United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan or (UK BAP) was the UK government's response to the Convention on Biological Diversity, opened for signature at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992.
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Wave-cut platform
A wave-cut platform, shore platform, coastal bench, or wave-cut cliff is the narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by erosion.
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Yell, Shetland
Yell is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machair
