the Scottish islands

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• Scottish Islands Federation — The Scottish Islands Federation, founded in November 2007, claims that it aims to promote, publicise and advance the interests of Scotland s islands. It grew out of the informal Scottish Islands Network, which had existed since 2001. [… …   Wikipedia

• Flora of the Faroe Islands — The natural vegetation of the Faroe Islands consists of ca. 400 different plant species. Most of the lowland area is grassland and some is heather mainly Calluna vulgaris. The faroese nature is characterized by the lack of trees, and resembles… …   Wikipedia

• Shetland or the Shetland islands —    is the accepted designation for the Scottish islands. The Shetlands is frowned on by some and thus better avoided.    See also Orkney …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• British occupation of the Faroe Islands in World War II — The British occupation of the Faroe Islands in World War II, also known as Operation Valentine, was implemented immediately following the German invasion of Denmark and Norway. In April 1940, the United Kingdom occupied the strategically… …   Wikipedia

• Symbols of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man — The United Kingdom This is a list of the symbols of the United Kingdom, the Constituent Countries (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales), the British Crown Dependencies (The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man). Each separate entry has… …   Wikipedia

• History of the Falkland Islands — The history of the Falkland Islands goes back at least five hundred years, with active exploration and colonisation only taking place in the 18th century. Nonetheless, the islands have been a matter of controversy, as they have been claimed by… …   Wikipedia

• Culture of the Falkland Islands — The culture of the Falkland Islands is essentially analogous to that of British culture. The Falkland Islands have a large non native born population, mainly white and from England (and to a much lesser extent, other parts of the British Isles),… …   Wikipedia

• History of the Scottish Socialist Party — The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) was formed in 1998, from an alliance of left wing organisations in Scotland. In 1999 it saw its first MSP returned to Holyrood, with five more MSPs elected in 2003. The SSP is stood unsuccessfully on the… …   Wikipedia

• Islands of the Clyde — The Islands of the Firth of Clyde are the fifth of the major Scottish island groups after the Inner and Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. The islands are situated in the Firth of Clyde between Ayrshire and Argyll. There are about forty islands …   Wikipedia

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• A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland — (1775) is a travel narrative by Samuel Johnson about an eighty three day journey through Scotland, in particular the islands of the Hebrides, in the late summer and autumn of 1773. The sixty three year old Johnson was accompanied by his thirty… …   Wikipedia