Eigg (/ɛɡ/ eg; Scottish Gaelic: Eige) is one of the Small Isles in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It lies to the south of the island of Skye and to the north...
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Eigg is a Scottish Island. Eigg may also refer to: Eigg Mountain: a highland region in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada MV Eigg, a 1974 car ferry...
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Saint Donnán of Eigg (also known as Donan; died 17 April 617) was a Gaelic priest, likely from Ireland, who attempted to introduce Christianity to the...
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An Sgùrr is the highest point on the island of Eigg in Scotland's Small Isles. It was formed 59 million years ago; the result of one of the last eruptions...
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The Sgurr of Eigg Pitchstone Formation is a volcanic formation of late Paleocene age exposed on Eigg, part of the Inner Hebrides in Scotland. It is thought...
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MV Eigg is a landing craft car ferry built for Caledonian MacBrayne in 1974. She was owned by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited and operated mostly on...
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view of Eigg (Landsat image viewed using NASA World Wind software). Eilean Chathastail is the island in the bottom right of the picture Map of Eigg 1892...
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Angus R. McDonald (category Eigg)
Captain Angus R. McDonald (1832 Eigg, Small Isles, Lochaber, Kingdom of Scotland, United Kingdom – 14 April 1879, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States)...
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Until 1891, Canna, Rùm and Muck belonged to the county of Argyll, while Eigg belonged to Inverness-shire. In that year, the entire archipelago was transferred...
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the mainland or other islands. Canna Eigg Eilean Shona Muck Raasay Rona Rùm Sanday Scalpay Skye Soay Coast of Eigg Dùn Caan mountain on Raasay Oronsay...
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the buyout of Eigg by the local community. She assisted in putting together the buyout plan and later became a trustee of the Isle of Eigg Trust. The trust...
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Eigg Mountain is high plateau (between 225 and 300 metres above sea level), part of the highlands of Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Originally...
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Eilean Donan, which means simply "island of Donnán", is named after Donnán of Eigg, a Celtic saint who was martyred in 617. Donnán is said to have established...
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Inverness-shire PH PH40, PH41 Mallaig Inverness-shire PH PH42 ISLE OF EIGG Isle of Eigg PH PH43 ISLE OF RUM Isle of Rum PH PH44 ISLE OF CANNA Isle of Canna...
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Mountains Slieve Gullion – Ring of Gullion AONB Arran Mull Ardnamurchan Rùm Eigg Skye St Kilda Rockall Those occurrences within the Hebrides are sometimes...
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Skye, Inverie in Knoydart, Lochboisdale on South Uist and the isles of Rùm, Eigg, Muck, and Canna. Mallaig is the main commercial fishing port on the west...
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about the Lost Map Records residency project on Eigg, in light of the UK-wide lockdown. Lynch lives on Eigg with his partner, Sarah Boden, and their son...
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version, which gives the boat's course (Mull was astern, Rum on the port, Eigg on the starboard bow) seems to describe Charles's flight from the mainland...
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Bute Isle of Skye Raasay Rona (disambiguation) Soay (disambiguation) Muck Eigg Rùm Shuna Colonsay Oronsay Scarba Easdale Jura Islay Mull Ulva Gometra Iona...
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coast of Alaska Egg Island (Georgia) In Antarctica: Egg Island (Antarctica) Eigg This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations...
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around the south coast. Together these form the Eigg Lava Formation, a greater part of which is exposed on Eigg itself. The lava flows are cut through by a...
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Inverness-shire, with the islands of Muck, Rùm, Canna, and Sanday being in Argyll but Eigg in Inverness-shire. The whole parish was placed in Inverness-shire in 1891...
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the Isle of Eigg, one of the four Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. Travelling a lot between her home in Eigg and her work...
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Ireland Landegode 30.5 12 Norway Kalsoy 30.4 11.7 Denmark ( Faroe Islands) Eigg 30 11.5 United Kingdom ( Scotland) Lidingö 30 11.5 Sweden Gavdos 29.6 11...
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113–116 "Amersham Martyrs Memorial". Retrieved 13 March 2021. "Isle of Eigg – Small Isles". www.scotlandinfo.eu. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 13 March...
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Hebrides to the north of Ardnamurchan, made up of the Small Isles (including Eigg and Rùm), Skye, Raasay and their outliers. The Outer Hebrides, aka the "Long...
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British Isles, including in the north of Wales and on the little island of Eigg in the Scottish Hebrides. It has also been reported at a number of beaches...
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very resistant to erosion. The pitchstone ridge of An Sgùrr on the Isle of Eigg, Scotland, was possibly formed as a lava flow in a valley. Pitchstone from...
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402 m 1319 ft Antigua and Barbuda Qeshm unnamed point 397 m 1302 ft Iran Eigg An Sgùrr 393 m 1289 ft United Kingdom (Scotland) Curaçao Mount Christoffel...
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William, Glenfinnan, Grantown-on-Spey, Invergarry, Isle of Canna, Isle of Eigg, Isle of Rum, Kingussie, Kinlochleven, Lochailort, Mallaig, Nethy Bridge...
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