see also Hebrides disambiguation Image Hebridesmap.png thumb right 250px The Inner Hebrides Inner and Outer Hebrides . The Sea of the Hebrides is a portion of the North Atlantic Ocean , located off the coast of western Scotland , separating the mainland and the northern Inner Hebrides islands to the east from the southern Outer Hebrides islands to the west . To the north, the Sea of the Hebrides joins The Minch . ref C.Michael Hogan. 2011. http www.eoearth.org article Sea of Hebrides?topic 49523 Sea of the Hebrides . Eds. P.Saundry & C.J.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC ref The Sea of the Hebrides forms part of the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland , as defined by the International Hydrographic Organization , ref cite web url http www.iho ohi.net iho pubs standard S 23 S23 1953.pdf title Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition year 1953 publisher International Hydrographic Organization accessdate 7 February 2010 ref and part of the Seas west of Scotland as far as fisheries management is concerned. References reflist List of seas coord 57 N 7 W scale 2500000 display title DEFAULTSORT Sea Of The Hebrides Category Scottish coast Category Hebrides Category Seas of the Atlantic Ocean Category European seas be br Mor an Inizi Gall ca Mar de les H brides es Mar de las H bridas fa fr Mer des H brides fy See fan de Hebriden ka lt Hebrid j ra ja pl Morze Hebrydzkie pt Mar das H bridas ru sk Hebridsk more uk vi Bi n Hebrides war Dagat han Kahebrides an ... more details
outcrop. group Note The Hebrides can be divided into two main groups, separated from one another by The Minch to the north and the Sea of the Hebrides to the south. The Inner Hebrides lie closer to mainland ...good article other uses Image Hebridesmap.png thumb right 250px The Inner Hebrides Inner and Outer Hebrides The Hebrides IPAc en icon h b r d i z Scottish Gaelic Innse Gall comprise a widespread and diverse archipelago off the west coast of Scotland . There are two main groups the Inner Hebrides Inner and Outer Hebrides . These islands have a long history of occupation dating back to the Mesolithic ... industry and renewable energy . The Hebrides lack biodiversity in comparison to mainland Great Britain ... geograph.org.uk 929584.jpg thumb right The Caledonian MacBrayne ferry MV Hebrides MV Hebrides leaving Lochmaddy for Skye Main List of Inner Hebrides List of Outer Hebrides The Hebrides have a diverse ... are found in the Northwest Highlands and Outer Hebrides . McKirdy, Alan Gordon, John & Crofts .... 93 state of the Lewisian complex Lewisian gneiss bedrock of much of the Outer Hebrides that these rocks ... , Staffa and the Small Isles . There are 36 inhabited islands in this group. The Outer Hebrides ... , Benbecula , Berneray, North Uist, Scotland Berneray , Harris, Outer Hebrides Harris , Lewis , North ... is that there are various descriptions of the scope of the Hebrides. The Collins Encyclopedia of Scotland describes the Inner Hebrides as lying east of The Minch , which would include any and all offshore islands. There are various islands that lie in the sea lochs such as Eilean B n, Lochalsh ... exist. ref Keay & Keay 1994 p. 507. ref ref Encyclop dia Britannica 1978 states Hebrides group ... not North Rona . ref In the past the Outer Hebrides were often referred to as the Long Isle lang ... be used to refer to the Hebrides in general. tag ref Murray 1973 notes that Western Isles has tended to mean Outer Hebrides since the creation of the Na h Eileanan an Iar UK Parliament constituency Na ... more details
wiktionarypar Hebrides The Hebrides are an archipelago of islands off the western coast of Scotland. These islands include two main groups The Inner Hebrides The Outer HebridesHebrides or Hebridean may also refer to Hebridean sheep , a breed of sheep Hebrides Overture , a concert overture by Felix Mendelssohn See also New Hebrides , the colonial name of the nation of Vanuatu Sea of the Hebrides , portion of the North Atlantic Ocean located off the coast of western Scotland disambig cs Hebridy rozcestn k ja ... more details
Image Hebrides Blob.jpg thumb 250px Louise Whitts posing beside the Hebrides Blob. The Hebrides blob was an unidentified, convert 12 ft m sigfig 2 abbr on long carcass that washed ashore on Benbecula beach in the Hebrides , Scotland , in 1990. Louise Whitts, who discovered the carcass, described it as follows It had what appeared to be a head at one end, a curved back and seemed to be covered with eaten away flesh or even a furry skin and was 12 feet long and it had all these shapes like fins along its back. ref Carr, S.M., H.D. Marshall, K.A. Johnstone, L.M. Pynn & G.B. Stenson 2002. http www.biolbull.org cgi content full 202 1 1 How To Tell a Sea Monster Molecular Discrimination of Large Marine Animals of the North Atlantic. Biological Bulletin 202 1 5. ref References references references Globsters cryptozoology Cryptozoology stub Scotland hist stub Category Globsters Category Forteana Category History of the Western Isles ... more details
italic title prefixed 2 for the MacBraynes car ferry MV Hebrides 1964 Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image Scotland Tarbert Uig ferry.jpg 300px MV Hebrides at Tarbert, Harris Ship caption MV Hebrides at Tarbert, Harris Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country United Kingdom UK Ship flag Image Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 60px Ship name MV Hebrides III Ship owner Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited Ship operator Caledonian MacBrayne Ship route Uig, Skye Tarbert, Harris ... ships cite web url http www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk ships.asp?vessel hebrides iii title MV Hebrides publisher Ships of CalMac accessdate 7 January 2012 ref MV Hebrides a ferry owned by Caledonian Maritime ... . History The present MV Hebrides revived a traditional name on the Uig triangle and is the third ... SS Hebrides 2 an 1898 steamer which also graced the second Heb 1964 . The MV Hebrides 1964 ... Caledonian MacBrayne CalMac isbn 0950716677 ref Following successful sea trials on the Clyde in early 2001, the Hebrides made her way round to Uig, Tarbert, Western Isles Tarbert and Lochmaddy , where ... cite web url http www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk h hebrides.asp title History of MV Hebrides publisher Ships of Calmac accessdate 26 August 2007 ref There were no Sunday sailings to or from Tarbert, so the Hebrides ... Hebrides Harris , and in 2003 the introduction of the new MV Loch Portain making inter island access easier have encouraged this trend. ref name history The Hebrides brought with her the highest level ... years. ref name history Layout MV Hebrides design is very similar to that of her half sister, MV Clansman ... from the car deck. ref name history The Hebrides loads vehicles via a stern ramp at Uig and through ... lounge at the bow, crew accommodation and further open deck. ref name history Service MV Hebrides ... Clansman which was relieving on the Ullapool crossing. commonscat Hebrides ship, 2000 MV Hebrides ... Hebrides Category Caledonian MacBrayne Category 2000 ships Category Clyde built ships ... more details
The Hebrides serves as the soundtrack for the 10 minute long avant garde film, Moods of the Sea ...Image The Hebrides score.JPG thumb 400px Mendelssohn s original sketch of the overture, contained in the letter to Fanny Mendelssohn Fanny , 1829 original in the http www.nypl.org musicdiv Music Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts . The concert overture The Hebrides German Die Hebriden , Opus number Op. 26, also known as Fingal s Cave die Fingalsh hle , was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830. The piece was inspired by a cavern known as Fingal s Cave on Staffa , an island in the Hebrides archipelago located off the west coast of Scotland . As is common with Romantic era pieces, this is not an overture in the sense that it precedes a play or opera the piece is a concert overture, a stand alone musical selection, and has now become part of standard orchestral repertoire. The piece was dedicated to King Frederick William IV of Prussia then Crown Prince of Prussia ... The Hebrides affected me, I send you the following, which came into my head there. ref name ... mendelssohn hebridesOv.html title Program Notes Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture accessdate 2006 11 03 ... lasr and retitled the music Die Hebriden , or The Hebrides . ref name Galveston Despite this, the title of Fingal s Cave was also used on the orchestral parts he labelled the music The Hebrides , but on the score ... view&id 291&Itemid 300 title Program Notes Overture, The Hebrides Fingal s Cave , Op. 26 accessdate ... theme, meanwhile, depicts movement at sea and rolling waves . ref name OPO The piece is scored for 2 ... and his brave sled dog, Yukon King. References Reflist External links IMSLP2 id The Hebrides, Op.26 Mendelssohn, Felix cname Hebrides Overture DEFAULTSORT Hebrides, The Category Compositions by Felix Mendelssohn Category Overtures Category 1830 compositions Category Hebrides Category 1830 in Scotland ... gd Hebrides Overture it Ouverture Le Ebridi ja pl Hebrydy Mendelssohn pt As H bridas ... more details
Eilean Siar , one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland . They form part of the Hebrides , separated from the Scottish mainland and from the Inner Hebrides by the waters of the Minch , the Little Minch and the Sea of the Hebrides . Scottish Gaelic is the predominant spoken language, although ... redirects here, can also refer to the whole of the Hebrides . For the Scottish Parliament constituency ... authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar references The Outer Hebrides lang gd Na h Eileanan Siar , IPA gd ..., croft land crofting , fishing, and weaving. Sea transport is crucial and a variety of ferry services ... areas to protect the natural environment. Geography main List of Outer Hebrides The main islands form ... Lewis in the north and Harris, Outer Hebrides Harris in the south, both of which are frequently ... by arms of the sea such as Loch R g , Loch Seaforth and Lochmaddy Loch nam Madadh . There are also ... of Harris, Outer Hebrides Harris is mountainous, with large areas of exposed rock and Clisham , the archipelago ... important populations of breeding waders are present in the Outer Hebrides including Common Redshank ... var. hebridensis is endemism endemic to the Hebrides and there are local variants of the Dark ... and bridges. Great Bernera and Scalpay, Outer Hebrides Scalpay have bridge connections to Lewis ... 1,078 Scalpay, Outer Hebrides Scalpay Sgalpaigh 322 Great Bernera Bearnaraigh M r 233 Grimsay north ... than convert 40 ha acre in the Outer Hebrides, including the Barra Isles , Flannan Isles , Monach ... period. More than 35 such islands have been identified in the Outer Hebrides alone. ref Haswell ... the North Atlantic surrounding the main islands. Some are not geologically part of the Outer Hebrides ..., Outer Hebrides Ness . ref Thompson 1968 pp. 182 85 ref The status of Rockall , which is convert 367 ... period up to three billion years ago. In addition to the Outer Hebrides, they form basement deposits ... p. 94 ref group Note Climate The Outer Hebrides have a cool temperate climate that is remarkably ... more details
The Virtual Hebrides was an influential website which was set up in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland and was in operation from late 1993 until 2000. The Virtual Hebrides was founded by photographer and film maker Sam Maynard http www.hebrides.com , who had set up E las Media a TV production company largely working through the medium of the Scottish Gaelic language Gaelic language and Scott Hatton, who in the early days of the World Wide Web had been running one of the first internet based communities ... staff.jpg thumb 240px right The staff of Eolas photographed in 1997 The Hebrides are agrarian economies ... from at all life. This can cause clashes of interest and culture. The Virtual Hebrides took these issues ... . It was many things to many people a Hebrides encyclopedia of articles, a virtual community, a local ... in such a small economy, the Virtual Hebrides was perhaps doomed to failure. Money was poured in from ... wiki index.php?title Hebrides GlobalGuide project and was replaced by Alex Tearse. It was identified ... Hebrides would be rebuilt to become the central hub for all of these local sites while remaining the main resource for Hebrides related information and discussions were held with local sites to this end ... of the Virtual hebrides most notable innovations was the use of maps and over laid satellite images .... By 2000 both the Virtual Hebrides and E las Media were no more. While its influence can be overstated, especially in the southern Outer Hebrides , it was based in Stornoway, Outer Hebrides Stornoway , Lewis , it was at least partly responsible for opening up the Hebrides to new ways of working ... a few months of the failure of the original Virtual Hebrides various attempts were made to resurrect ... a new http www.virtualhebrides.com Virtual Hebrides External links commons category Outer Hebrides http www.virtualhebrides.com The Virtual Hebrides Guide to the Inner and Outer Hebrides http www.hebrides.com The Photography of Sam Maynard Hebrides Category Outer Hebrides Category Community websites ... more details
. ref name Watson Domon, meaning the deep sea isle refers to the Outer Hebrides and Erdomon, meaning east of, on or near Domon is thus the Inner Hebrides. ref name Watson The individual island and place names in the Outer Hebrides have mixed Gaelic and Norse origins. ref name MacanT Mac an T illeir ...good article Image Inner Hebrides.png thumb right The Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Image Tiree, Balephuil ... Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland Jan 2011.jpg thumb Eilean Donan Castle The Inner Hebrides Scottish ... , to the south east of the Outer Hebrides . Together these two island chains form the Hebrides ... Inner Hebrides with an area greater than convert 30 ha acres . The main commercial activities are tourism ... Hebrides have formed part of two separate local government jurisdictions, one to the north and the other ... levels have ceased to decline. Sea transport is crucial and a variety of ferry services ... , the highest peak in the Inner Hebrides main List of Inner Hebrides The ten largest islands are as follows ... Hebrides had a population of 18,257 at the time of the 2001 census. ref name GRO General Register Office for Scotland 2003 . ref There are a further 43 uninhabited Inner Hebrides with an area greater ... Isle of Skye . carbostweather.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2008. ref Snow seldom lies at sea level ... thumb right The ruins of Dun Ringill , near Elgol on the island of Skye The Hebrides were originally ... of Scotland . ref However in general the Neolithic sites in the Inner Hebrides lack the scale ... five, thus possibly specifically meaning the Inner Hebrides. ref name Breeze Breeze, David J. The ancient ... was originally derived from the Old Norse Havbredey , meaning isles on the edge of the sea . ref ... tribes such as the Creones that might conceivably have lived in the Inner Hebrides in the Roman ... of Alba . North of D l Riata the Inner Hebrides were nominally under Pictish control although the historical ... Viking raids of the Hebrides . According to Corr in 1998 when and how the Vikings conquered and occupied ... more details
see also Hebrides disambiguation Infobox Former Country native name Condominium des Nouvelles H brides conventional long name New Hebrides Condominium common name New Hebrides continent Oceania region Melanesia country Vanuatu era status Special territory government type event start year start 1906 date start event end Vanuatu Independence year end 1980 date end July 30 p1 Anglo French Joint Naval Commission flag p1 Flag of Anglo French Joint Naval Commission.svg s1 Vanuatu flag s1 Flag of Vanuatu.svg image flag Flag of the United Kingdom.svg flag type Flag of the United Kingdom flag Flag of the United Kingdom image coat Flag of France.svg coa size 110px symbol type Flag of France symbol Flag of France image map LocationVanuatu.png image map caption New Hebrides capital Port Vila latd 17 latm 45 latNS S longd 168 longm 18 longEW E common languages English language English , French language French , Bislama currency New Hebrides franc title leader leader1 year leader1 title representative ... 12189 stat pop1 100000 footnotes File Neue Hebriden 140543a.jpg thumb Map of the New Hebrides, 1905 New Hebrides was the colonial name for an island group in the Pacific Ocean South Pacific that now forms the nation of Vanuatu . The New Hebrides were colonized by both the British and French in the 18th ... lasted from 1906 until 1980, when the New Hebrides gained their independence as Vanuatu. The Condominium divided the New Hebrides into two separate communities &mdash one English language Anglophone and one ... language or the other, and between different political parties. Politics and economy The New Hebrides ... Hebrides Postage stamps and postal history of the New Hebrides History of Vanuatu References cite journal ... of the Old New Hebrides publisher School of Psychology, Massey University location Palmerston ... in 1906 Category Former colonies in Oceania Category Condominia international law Category New Hebrides ... Novi Hebridi uk vi T n Hebrides zh ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Ship caption Hebrides Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country United Kingdom UK Ship flag Image Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 60px Ship name SS Hebrides Ship namesake Ship owner 1898 John McCallum , Glasgow br 1930 McCallum, Orme & Co. , Glasgow br 1955 David MacBrayne Ltd Ship operator Ship registry Ship homeport Glasgow Ship route Hebrides Ship ordered Ship builder Ailsa Shipbuilding Company br Engines by A. & J. Inglis Ship original cost Ship yard number 70 Ship way number Ship laid down Ship launched 24 March 1898 ref name clydesite cite web url http www.clydesite.co.uk clydebuilt viewship.asp?id 2590 title SS Hebrides publisher Clydesite Shipping Times accessdate 22 April 2011 ref Ship completed Ship christened Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage Ship in service Ship out of service Ship identification Ship fate Broken up at Port Glasgow Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship tonnage GRT 585 first short Ship displacement Ship length convert 180 ft 1 abbr on Ship beam convert 28.1 ft 1 abbr on Ship height Ship draught convert 13.2 ft 1 abbr on Ship draft Ship depth ... SS Hebrides was a passenger and cargo ship which operated in the Western Isles of Scotland. Built ..., Scotland St Kilda until 1955. History Hebrides was the only cargo ship owned by John MacCallum. Built ... title Loch Skiport author Neil F King publisher Flickr accessdate 22 April 2011 ref Hebrides was scrapped ... ferry MV Hebrides . ref cite web url http www.sunnygovan.com PLACES Clyde SSHebrides.html title SS Hebrides publisher Clydebuilt accessdate 22 April 2011 ref Service John MacCallum operated his own routes in the area generally covered by David MacBrayne Ltd MacBraynes . Hebrides provided a service ... History Hebrides publisher Ships of Calmac accessdate 22 April 2011 ref In her final years, she carried ... Archive accessdate 22 April 2011 DEFAULTSORT Hebrides, SS Category Ships built in Scotland Category ... more details
off western Scotland and in the Irish Sea . The Treaty of Perth of 1266 left the Hebrides ...History of Scotland The Hebrides were settled early on in the settlement of the British Isles , perhaps ... the site as Bronze Age . Little is known of the people who settled in the Hebrides but they were likely ... , Harris, Outer Hebrides Harris , have both Beaker culture Beaker & Neolithic dwelling houses, the oldest ... of the Outer Hebrides was by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus in 55 BC. He wrote that there was an island ... of seven islands which he gave the name Haemodae Hebrides??? . Other ancient writers such as Pliny the Elder , the Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy , and Solinus 3rd Century AD all seem to mention the Hebrides ... of the peoples of the Hebrides before the 6th century as they, like the rest of Scotland, were ... 1079 till 1266. In 1164 it was split into the Kingdom of the Hebrides and the Kingdom of Mann . The kingdom ... Kingdom of Mann was centred around the Isle of Man but also contained the Outer Hebrides, the Inner Hebrides forming the Kingdom of the Hebrides. The Hebrides under Norse control Known as Su reyar or southern islands in Old Norse language Old Norse . Norsemen Norse control of the Hebrides was formalised ... Islands , the Hebrides and the Isle of Man in a swift campaign earlier the same year, directed .... The Norwegian control of both the Inner and Outer Hebrides would see almost constant warfare until being ultimately resolved by the partitioning of the Western Isles in 1156. The Outer Hebrides would remain under the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles while the Inner Hebrides broke out under Somerled , the Norse Celtic kinsman of both Lulach and the Manx royal house. Although the Inner Hebrides, from 1156 known as the Kingdom of the Hebrides, still nominally was under the sovereignty of Norway, the leaders ... s death in 1164 the rulers of Mann would no longer be in control of the Inner Hebrides. Scottish ... on the islands once the Celtic Church fell into decline in the Hebrides as a result of 9th century ... more details
name MSea col break North Sea Norwegian Sea Sargasso SeaSea of Azov ref name MSea Sea of the Hebrides ...pp move indef dablink This article is about the bodies of water. For other uses, see Sea disambiguation File Waves lajolla.jpg thumb right 300px The sea at La Jolla, California in the Gulf of Catalina A sea generally refers to a large body of water body of salt water, but the term is used in other contexts ... sea title Sea Definition and More from the Free Merriam Webster Dictionary publisher Merriam ... that lacks a natural outlet, such as the Caspian Sea . Arctic belonging to the Arctic Ocean and Antarctic ... point of pure water, at about 1.8 Celsius C 28.8 Fahrenheit F . Frozen salt water becomes sea ice . ref cite web url http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 939404 sea ice title Sea ice ice formation ... from antiquity. Ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians navigated the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea . Hannu was the first see explorer of whom there is any information. He sailed along the Red Sea and further ..., including its outlets like the Black Sea . The seas along the eastern and the southern Asia n coast were used by Arabs and China Chinese for navigation, and the North Sea and the Baltic Sea were known ... and were actually discovered. The White Sea was known to Novgorod Republic Novgorodians and used ... year 2012 last update accessdate 5 March 2012 ref Pomors , living at the White Sea coast, also sailed to Svalbard , but the Barents Sea got its name later, due to the 16th century Dutch expedition ... of the Northern Sea Route . In the first half of the 17th century the Kara Sea was already used ... Mediterranean Sea multicol Aegean Sea Mirtoon SeaSea of Crete Thracian Sea Adriatic Sea col break Alboran Sea Balearic Sea Catalan Sea Cilician Sea col break Gulf of Sidra Ionian Sea Levantine Sea Libyan Sea col break Ligurian SeaSea of Sardinia Sea of Sicily Tyrrhenian Sea col end Baltic Sea multicol Archipelago Sea Bay of Bothnia Bothnian Sea col break Central Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia Gulf ... more details
The New Hebrides National Party was a party formed in what was then the New Hebrides now Vanuatu during the 1970s. ref http www.tiscali.co.uk reference encyclopaedia hutchinson m0019883.html Vanuatu Bot generated title ref It was one of two parties formed during the country s move towards independence. While the NHNP was supported by British interests, the Union of New Hebrides Communities was supported by French interests. In the 1970s the National Party changed its name to the Vanua aku Party or Vanua aku Pati VP . References references Category Political parties in Vanuatu Category New Hebrides ... more details
and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris , the largest island in the Outer Hebrides ... mountain in the Outer Hebrides at convert 799 m ft 0 . ref Rotary Club 1995 p. 124 ref ref ... of Scalpay, Outer Hebrides Scalpay Scalpaigh na Hearadh . In March 2003 the convert 62500 acre km2 ... in the Hebrides after Iona Abbey , and Leverburgh An T b na Hearadh or An t b na Hearadh . A ferry ..., Outer Hebrides Scalpay is located to the of East Loch Tarbert. It was known historically ... and sea angling s leading magazines. ref http www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk displayNode.jsp?nodeId ... Hebrides Harris has a largely Presbyterianism Presbyterian population that practices Sunday Sabbatarianism ... hebrides2001 infobytes.htm Hebrides 2002 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar . Retrieved 3 August 2008. ref This area ... A Space Odyssey . ref http www.filmhebrides.com Welcome to Film Hebrides filmhebrides.com. Retrieved ... www.tartanregister.gov.uk tartanDetails.aspx?ref 1867 ref See also History of the Outer Hebrides Rockall Notes reflist References Rotary Club of Stornoway 1995 The Outer Hebrides Handbook and Guide . Machynlleth ... Hebrides http www.absolutelynothing.co.uk isleofharris ?cid 823&lang en gb Pictures of Harris http ... harris location scarista Scarista Beach Lewis and Harris Hebrides Scottish provinces insular Category Islands of the Outer Hebrides Category Harris Category Community buyouts in Scotland ... more details
collectively as the Hebrides the Inner Hebrides are separated from the Outer Hebrides by The Minch to the north and the Sea of the Hebrides to the south. The Inner Hebrides are administered by two ...Image Hebridesmap.png thumb 250px alt A map of the island chain of the Outer Hebrides that lie to the west with numerous other islands the Inner Hebrides closer to the mainland of Scotland in the east. The Hebrides . The Outer Hebrides lie to the west with the Inner Hebrides in red closer to the mainland ... Portree harbour, Skye The Inner Hebrides are a chain of islands and skerry skerries located off the west ... . The northern Inner Hebrides including Skye, the Small Isles and the Summer Isles are part of the Highland ... Islands and Gigha are part of the Argyll and Bute council region. In the past, the Hebrides ... the Outer Hebrides have retained many Gaelic speakers, in the 2001 census only Skye 31 and Tiree ... descriptions of the scope of the Hebrides. The Collins Encyclopedia of Scotland describes the Inner Hebrides as lying east of The Minch , which would include any and all offshore islands. There are various islands that lie in the sea loch s such as Eilean B n, Lochalsh Eilean B n and Eilean ... Encyclop dia Britannica 1978 states Hebrides group of islands of the west coast of Scotland extending ..., Mull Tobermory harbour, Isle of Mull Mull The inhabited islands of the Inner Hebrides had a population ... domination during the Middle Ages Early Historic period is, however, limited. In the Outer Hebrides ... Isles, one of the major sea lochs or the North Highland group. ref width 5 Area hectare ha ref name ... 5 Height m ref name OS Ordnance Survey maps mark the height above sea level of a high point on most ... Mull nts 87535 nts 2667 Ben More Mull Ben More nts 966 Oronsay, Inner Hebrides Oronsay Orasaigh Islay ... 22 Askival nts 812 Sanday, Inner Hebrides Sanday Sandaigh Small Isles nts 184 nts 6 Tallabric nts 59 Scalpay, Inner Hebrides Scalpay Sgalpaigh Skye nts 2483 nts 10 Mullach na C rn nts 396 Seil Saoil Slate ... more details
Image Hebridesmap.png thumb 250px alt A map of the island chain of the Outer Hebrides that lie to the west with numerous other islands the Inner Hebrides closer to the mainland of Scotland in the east. The Hebrides . The Outer Hebrides in orange lie to the west with the Inner Hebrides closer to the mainland ... The harbour, Stornoway The Outer Hebrides is a chain of more than 100 islands and small skerry ... gd An t Eilean Fada . tag ref Murray 1973 notes that Western Isles has tended to mean Outer Hebrides ... Isles parliamentary constituency in 1918. The phrase can also be used to refer to the Hebrides ... name used to refer to the Outer Hebrides but that its use is confined to books . ref Murray 1973 ... Lewis in the north and Harris, Outer Hebrides Harris in the south, both of which are frequently referred ... Note The largest settlement in Lewis and in the Outer Hebrides is Stornoway . To the south across the Sound ... with cultural links to the Outer Hebrides that are not part of the archipelago itself. These include .... ref group Note The islands of Scotland s west coast are known collectively as the Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides are separated from the Inner Hebrides by The Minch to the north and the Sea of the Hebrides to the south. The Outer Hebrides are administered by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and had a population of 26,502 in 2001. ref name GRO General Register Office for Scotland 2003 . ref The Outer Hebrides ... Castle , Harris, Outer Hebrides Harris The inhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides had a total .... Great Bernera and Scalpay, Outer Hebrides Scalpay have bridge connections to Lewis and Harris ... Survey maps mark the height above sea level of a high point on most islands, but in a small number ... 347 Scalpay, Outer Hebrides Scalpay Sgalpaigh na Hearadh Harris nts 653 nts 322 Beinn Scorabhaig ... above sea level of a high point on most islands, but in a small number of cases, this may not be the highest ... 18th century nts 90 Ensay, Outer Hebrides Ensay Easaigh Sound of Harris nts 186 1971 nts 49 Fiaraidh ... more details
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. is a travel journal by Scotland Scotsman James Boswell first published in 1785. In 1773, Boswell enticed his English friend Samuel Johnson to accompany him on a tour through the Scottish highlands highlands and western Scottish islands islands of Scotland . Johnson was then in his mid sixties and well known for his literary works and his Dictionary. The two travellers set out from Edinburgh and skirted the eastern and northeastern coasts of Scotland, passing through St Andrews , Aberdeen and Inverness . They then passed into the highlands and spent several weeks on various islands in the Hebrides , including Skye , Coll , and Isle of Mull Mull . After a visit to Boswell s estate at Auchinleck , the travellers returned to Edinburgh. Johnson published his A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland on 18 January 1775. It was widely read, discussed and criticised, especially for some skeptical remarks Johnson made questioning the authenticity of the Ossian poems, which were then all the rage. After Johnson s death in 1784, Boswell published his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides ... External links http www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk usebooks boswell hebrides index.html The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , at Undiscovered Scotland annotated HTML edition with cross linking ... 20Hebrides 20AND 20mediatype 3Atexts The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides at Internet Archive scanned ... The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , 1936 edition, expanded from the original manuscript. Reviewed .... gutenberg no 6018 name The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides plain text http bachlab.balbach.net nsdb.html The Native Scottish Diet in Boswell s Tour to the Hebrides Samuel Johnson DEFAULTSORT Journal Of A Tour To The Hebrides Category 18th century in Scotland Category Scottish literature Category ... fr The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides ... more details
Infobox Currency image 1 image title 1 iso code using countries New Hebrides inflation rate inflation source date subunit ratio 1 100 subunit name 1 centime symbol Fr used coins 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 francs used banknotes 100, 500, 1000 francs issuing authority Institut d mission d Outre Mer IEOM issuing authority website www.ieom.fr obsolete notice Y The franc was the currency of the Anglo French Condominium of the Pacific island group of the New Hebrides which became Vanuatu in 1980 . It circulated alongside British and later Australian currency. The New Hebrides franc was nominally divided into 100 centime s, although the smallest denomination was the 1 franc. Between 1945 and 1969, it was part of the CFP franc . History Until World War II , the New Hebrides used the French franc and the Pound sterling British pound and Australian pounds . In 1941, the Free French forces introduced paper money for circulation on the New Hebrides. In 1945, the CFP franc was introduced to insulate France s Pacific colonies from the devaluation of the French franc and the New Hebrides used a combination of New Caledonian franc coins and locally issued notes. In 1949, the CFP franc s relationship to the French franc stabilized at 5.5 French francs 1 CFP franc. From 1959, the exchange rate to the Australian pound was almost exactly 200 francs 1 pound. This rate became 100 francs 1 Australian dollar .... From 1966, coins were produced in the name of the New Hebrides. In 1969, the New Hebrides franc ... has not changed since the introduction of the New Hebrides franc coins. The only notable change is the addition ... Posts of the New Hebrides dated 22 ao t August 1921. This is a very rare note. The New Hebrides ..., the Institut d Emission d Outre Mer took over the issuance of paper money on the New Hebrides ... Polynesian and New Caledonian counterparts, New Hebrides never had a 5000 franc note. See also ... Caledonia Category New Hebrides Franc de Neue Hebriden Franc es Franco neohebridense it Franco delle ... more details
for the larger island in the Inner Hebrides Scalpay, Inner Hebrides Infobox Scottish island latitude 57.87 longitude 6.69 location map Scotland Outer Hebrides caption Scalpay shown within Outer Hebrides GridReference NG214965 official name Scalpay celtic name Sgalpaigh Na Hearadh Sgalpaidh norse name meaning of name Ship Island area convert 653 ha sqmi 1 abbr on area rank 66 highest elevation Beinn Scorabhaig convert 104 m ft 0 abbr on Population 322 population rank 26 main settlement An Acarsaid a Tuath North Harbour island group Lewis and Harris local authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar references ref 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland ref ref name Smith Haswell Smith ref ref cite map url http www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk title 1 50,000 publisher Ordnance Survey ref ref cite web url http www.scottish.parliament.uk vli language gaelic pdfs placenamesP Z.pdf format PDF title P rlamaid na h Alba placenames accessdate 2007 07 21 ref Image Scalpay Outer Hebrides.jpg thumb left Scalpay, looking roughly west to the Harris, Outer Hebrides North Harris hills. Scalpay lang gd Sgalpaigh , also Sgalpaigh na Hearadh of Harris, Outer Hebrides Harris to distinguish it from the other Scalpay is an island and community council community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland . Geography Scalpay is around 2.5 miles 4 km long and rises to a height of 341 ft 104 m at Beinn Scorabhaig. Scalpay s nearest neighbour, Harris, Outer Hebrides Harris is just 330 yds 300 m away over narrow Caolas Scalpaigh. The two islands were linked in 1997 by a bridge that replaced the ferry service. The main ... lighthouse to be built in the Outer Hebrides. Religion Scalpay is very much Protestant and is home ... where it forms part of the larger Harris, Outer Hebrides North Harris Trust, itself community ... Hebrides Islands of Scotland Category Islands off Lewis and Harris Category Harris br Sgalpaigh ... H brides ext rieures nn Scalpay i Ytre Hebridane pt Scalpay, Outer Hebrides ... more details
for islands with similar names Oronsay Infobox Scottish island Map latitude 57.66 longitude 7.29 location map Scotland Outer Hebrides caption Oronsay shown within the Outer Hebrides GridReference NF845755 official name Oronsay celtic name Orasaigh norse name rfirirsey meaning of name tidal or ebb island area convert 85 ha sqmi 2 abbr on area rank 157 highest elevation convert 25 m ft 0 abbr on Population 0 population rank main settlement island group Uist and Barra local authority Na h Eileanan Siar references ref 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland ref ref name Smith Haswell Smith ref ref http www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk Ordnance Survey ref ref cite web url http www.scottish.parliament.uk vli language gaelic pdfs placenamesF J.pdf title Placenames author Iain Mac an Tailleir publisher P rlamaid na h Alba accessdate 2007 07 28 ref Oronsay Scottish Gaelic Gaelic Orasaigh is a tidal island off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides . Lying to the north of Vallaquie Strand, the island has been uninhabited since the Highland Clearances . ref name Smith Footnotes reflist Hebrides coord 57 39 49 N 7 17 30 W display title region GB type isle Category Uist islands WesternIsles geo stub nn Oronsay i Ytre Hebridane ... more details
Image Hebridesmap.png thumb The Hebrides Outer Hebrides in orange The flora and fauna of the Outer Hebrides in north west Scotland comprises a unique and diverse ecosystem . A long archipelago, set on the eastern shores of the Atlantic Ocean , it attracts a wide variety of sea birds, and thanks to the Gulf ... Great Bernera hosts numerous sea bird species, including gulls, waders and ducks such as Goldeneye ... birds bird sightings december 2007.htm Bird Sightings Hebrides December 2007 ... , sea life is especially rich where there is tidal run between the Caolas Bhalasaigh English Valasay Straits Kyles and the inner sea loch of T b Bhalasaigh . There are numerous mollusca molluscs , sponge ... s are regular off shore visitors. ref The Outer Hebrides Handbook and Guide 1995 Kittiwake. pp 97 ... and Boyd 1969 page 184. ref Amongst the more exotic species found off the Outer Hebrides, is the giant ..., they prefer the plantago pastures, which grow well in locations exposed to sea spray and include Red Fescue , Plantago Sea Plantain and Armeria maritima Sea Pink . ref name Darling There is also ... tree a 2 metre high poplar on a cliff overlooking Mingulay Bay. Sea Holly , otherwise rare in the Western Isles, has grown on Mingulay since at least the late nineteenth century, and Sea Milkwort , normally only found at sea level is able to grow on the high cliff tops due to the ocean ... Murray, W.H. 1966 The Hebrides . London. Heinemann. Page 205. ref Mingulay and Berneray Image Razorbill ... in the sea cliffs. ref name Darling ref name NTSbirds http www.nts seabirds.org.uk properties mingulay ... covers a total area of 24,201.4 hectares 93.4 sq mi including the land and sea. ref name UNEP ... convert 70 m ft 0 below sea level. ref McKirdy, Alan Gordon, John & Crofts, Roger 2007 Land of Mountain ... Outer Hebrides References reflist 2 DEFAULTSORT Flora And Fauna Of The Outer Hebrides Category Natural history of Scotland Category Outer Hebrides ... more details
for the current CalMac ferry MV Hebrides Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image File MV Hebrides at Tarbert geograph.org.uk 201575.jpg 300px Hebrides at Tarbert Ship caption Hebrides at Tarbert Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country United Kingdom UK Ship flag Image Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 60px Ship name MV Hebrides br 1985 Devonian br 1994 Illyria Ship namesake Ship owner Secretary of State for Scotland br October 1973 David MacBrayne Ltd br April 1974 Caledonian MacBrayne Holdings Ltd br 1980 Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd Ship operator David MacBrayne Ltd Ship registry Leith then Glasgow Ship route Uig, Skye Tarbert, Isle of Harris Tarbert Lochmaddy Ship ordered Ship builder Hall, Russell & Company , Aberdeen br Engines Crossley Crossley Bros Ltd , Manchester Ship original cost pound currency Ship yard number 910 ref name aberdeen Ship way number Ship laid down ... cite web url http www.aberdeenships.com single.asp?index 101625 title Hebrides publisher Aberdeen ... Ship notes MV Hebrides was the first of a trio of hoist loading car ferries built for David MacBrayne ... h hebrides1.asp title History Hebrides publisher Ships of Calmac accessdate 23 July 2010 ref Hebrides , the first of the trio, was launched on 20 November 1963 and entered service on 15 April ... Hebrides publisher Ships of Calmac accessdate 23 July 2010 ref In 1990 she was laid up in Ipswich ..., she was sold to Indian breakers. ref name captain Layout Hebrides had several innovations, stabilisers ... mahogany presentation stand, was the ship s bell from the original MacBrayne SS Hebrides ... stood on the boat deck, with the bridge forward. Hebrides had sleeping accommodation for 51 below the car deck. ref name history Service Hebrides new Uig Tarbert Lochmaddy service opened up car travel ... arrived. Hebrides developed a reputation for reliability. Several times, she touched rocks in East .... ref name history References commons category Hebrides ship, 1964 Reflist DEFAULTSORT Hebrides Category ... more details
The New Hebrides Plate is a minor tectonic plate located in the Pacific Ocean near the island nation of Vanuatu . The plate is bounded on the southwest by the Indo Australian Plate which is subduction subducting below it. The New Hebrides Subduction Zone is extremely active, producing over 20 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or higher in just the past 25 years. The latest quake occurred on April 9, 2008, with a magnitude of 7.3. The quake occurred convert 35 km mi abbr on deep, with the epicenter located about convert 70 km mi abbr on southwest of the island of Tanna island Tanna in Vanuatu. ref Magnitude 7.3 LOYALTY ISLANDS http earthquake.usgs.gov eqcenter eqinthenews 2008 us2008qqa2 USGS Earthquake Summary ref References reflist http www.agu.org pubs crossref 2003 2001JB000644.shtml Calmant, S., B. Pelletier, P. Lebellegard, M. Bevis, F. W. Taylor, and D. A. Phillips 2003 , New insights on the tectonics along the New Hebrides subduction zone based on GPS results, J. Geophys. Res., 108 B6 , 2319, doi 10.1029 2001JB000644 . Tectonic plates DEFAULTSORT New Hebrides Plate Category Geology lists Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of the Pacific Ocean ca Placa de les Noves H brides eu Hebrida Berrien Plaka fr Plaque des Nouvelles H brides ko ja pl P yta nowohebrydzka ru uk zh ... more details
Please note, despite some claims to the contrary Ensay Easiagh is not a Goidelic languages Gaelic translation for Jesus . The proper Gaelic is Iosa Infobox Scottish island Map latitude 57.76 longitude 7.08 location map Scotland Outer Hebrides caption Ensay shown within the Outer Hebrides official name Ensay GridReference NF977862 celtic name Easaigh norse name meaning of name Old Norse Ewe Island area convert 186 ha sqmi 2 abbr on area rank 114 highest elevation convert 49 m ft 0 abbr on Population 0 population rank main settlement island group Outer Hebrides local authority Na h Eileanan Siar references ref 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland ref ref Haswell Smith ref ref http www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk Ordnance Survey ref ref name placenames cite web url http www.scottish.parliament.uk vli language gaelic pdfs placenamesC E.pdf title Placenames author Iain Mac an Tailleir publisher P rlamaid na h Alba format PDF accessdate 2007 12 08 ref Image Ensaystone.jpg thumb left Standing Stone Image Ensayhouse.jpg thumb left Taigh Easaigh Ensay Scottish Gaelic Gaelic Easaigh is a currently unpopulated island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland . The island lies in the Sound of Harris between the islands of Harris, Outer Hebrides Harris and Berneray, North Uist Berneray . The name originates from the Old Norse for Ewe Island ref name placenames It is nothing to do with the Gaelic for Jesus Iosa as sometimes stated. Although the island has had no permanent population since the 1930s, it is still used for summer grazing. The small chapel of Christ Church is maintained and services are held biannually. ref cite web url http www.argyllandtheisles.org.uk harris.html title Harris Christ Church publisher Diocese of Argyll & The Isles accessdate 2007 12 08 ref The island shows signs of Stone Age habitation, with a prominent standing stone . Ensay House Taigh Easaigh was built in the Edwardian period. ref name gazetteer cite web url http www.scottish places.info features featu ... more details
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