concerning the nature of the rock strata in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The disagreement stemmed from the apparent ages of the strata, particularly...
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/ 57.500°N 5.000°W / 57.500; -5.000 The Northwest Highlands are located in the northern third of Scotland that is separated from the Grampian Mountains...
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Moinian (category Geology of Scotland)
is a sequence of Neoproterozoic metasediments that outcrop in the Northwest Highlands between the Moine Thrust Belt to the northwest and the Great Glen...
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Harris, Outer Hebrides (redirect from Harris (Scotland))
Macbain, Alexander; Watson, William J. (1922). Place names, Highlands & islands of Scotland. E. Mackay, Stirling. pp. 68–73. Census 2011 stats. BBC News...
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Ben Nevis (redirect from Highest point in Scotland)
located at Northwest Spitsbergen National Park The Remarkables, New Zealand – mountain range containing a peak also called Ben Nevis Scottish Highlands Scafell...
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Charles Lapworth (category Academics of the University of Birmingham)
Wollaston Medal, in recognition of his outstanding work in the Southern Uplands, and Northwest Highlands of Scotland. There years later, in February 1902...
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Kingdom of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Rìoghachd na h-Alba; Scots: Kinrick o Scotland, Norn: Kongungdum Skotland) was a sovereign state in northwest Europe...
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Survey of Scotland (1949–1997) surveyed both the dialect of the Scottish Gaelic language, and also mixed use of English and Gaelic across the Highlands and...
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Ben Peach (category Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh)
the Northwest Highlands and Southern Uplands with his friend and colleague John Horne, where they resolved the long-running "Highlands Controversy" with...
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Highlands Geopark is a geopark in the Scottish Highlands. Awarded UNESCO geopark status in 2004, it was Scotland's first geopark, featuring some of the...
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Knockan Crag (category Cliffs of Scotland)
Crag (Scottish Gaelic: Creag a' Chnocain, "crag of the small hill") lies within the North West Highlands Geopark in the Assynt region of Scotland 21 kilometres...
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Highlands joining the Free Church of Scotland in large numbers. At the beginning of the century, the kirk had considerable control over the lives of the...
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John Horne (category Scottish geographers)
"Highlands Controversy" in the 1907 publication of The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland. After their work in the Highlands...
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the west and east of the country, respectively, provide the main road corridors from Scotland to England. Many roads in the Highlands are single track...
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Charles Callaway (category Alumni of the University of London)
strata. He went on to take a major part in the Highlands controversy, generally confirming the work of James Nicol but finding that along a thrust fault...
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Braemar (redirect from Braemar, Scotland)
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around 58 miles (93 km) west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River...
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Maoile Lunndaidh (category Mountains and hills of the Northwest Highlands)
Lunndaidh is a Scottish mountain situated 13 km south of Achnasheen in the Ross and Cromarty district of the Highland council area. It is part of the high ground...
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Highland Boundary Fault (category Highlands and Islands of Scotland)
zones during supercontinental breakup: Late Proterozoic events of the Scottish Highlands". Geology. 23 (11): 991. Bibcode:1995Geo....23..991D. doi:10...
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Sleat (redirect from Point of Sleat)
on the island of Skye in the Highland council area of Scotland, known as "the garden of Skye". It is the home of the clan MacDonald of Sleat. The name...
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Moine Thrust Belt (category Geology of Scotland)
in the Scottish Highlands which runs from Loch Eriboll on the north coast 190 kilometres (120 mi) southwest to the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of Skye....
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The fauna of Scotland is generally typical of the northwest European part of the Palearctic realm, although several of the country's larger mammals were...
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Jacobitism (redirect from Proposed French invasion of Scotland of 1708)
Jacobitism was strongest in Ireland, the Western Scottish Highlands, Perthshire, and Aberdeenshire. Pockets of support were also present in Wales, Northern...
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the mosses of Britain and Ireland Fauna of Scotland Traditional dyes of the Scottish Highlands, many of which use plants Forestry in Scotland Lusby, Phillip...
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Hebrides (redirect from Scottish Hebrides)
Gruinard Bay" on the Scottish mainland. Gillen (2003) p. 44 indicates the oldest rocks in Europe are found "in the Northwest Highlands and Outer Hebrides"...
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United Kingdom (redirect from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island)
Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands. Scotland is the most mountainous constituent country of the UK, the Highlands to the north and west are the more rugged...
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John Farquharson (Jesuit) (category Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text)
the Northwest Highlands for the illegal Catholic Church in Scotland. John Farquharson was born in the valley of Braemar as the son of the Chief of Clan...
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Tartan (redirect from Scottish plaid)
sett. Scottish tartan was originally associated with the Highlands. Early tartans were only particular to locales, rather than any specific Scottish clan;...
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Europe (redirect from Northwest Eurasia)
geology of Europe is hugely varied and complex and gives rise to the wide variety of landscapes found across the continent, from the Scottish Highlands to...
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District court (section Scotland)
follows: Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders, 10 March 2008 Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highlands and Islands, 2 June 2008 Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin...
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Sean Connery (redirect from Death of Sean Connery)
Fleming wrote that Bond's father was Scottish and from Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands. Connery's portrayal of Bond owes much to stylistic tutelage...
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