Fair Isle (/ˈfɛər ˌaɪl/; Old Norse: Friðarey; Scottish Gaelic: Fara), sometimes Fairisle, is the southernmost Shetland island, situated roughly 38 kilometres...
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Fair Isle (/fɛəraɪ̯l/) is a traditional knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colours. It is named after Fair Isle, one of the Shetland...
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Fair Isle Airport (IATA: FIE, ICAO: EGEF), is a small airport located in Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland. It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland...
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The Fair Isle wren (Troglodytes troglodytes fridariensis) is a small passerine bird in the wren family. It is a subspecies of the Eurasian wren endemic...
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Shetland (redirect from Shetland Isles)
Mainland. The other inhabited islands are Foula 17 mi (28 km) west of Walls, Fair Isle 24 mi (38 km) south-west of Sumburgh Head, and the Out Skerries to the...
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SIC Ferries (section Fair Isle)
the Isle of Bressay from Lerwick on the Mainland. Fair Isle service to Fair Isle from Grutness or Lerwick on the Mainland. Foula service to the Isle of...
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hotel, restaurants, marina, club amenities and services. First known as Fair Isle, its land was dredged out from Biscayne Bay in 1924 by the Corps of Engineers...
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The Fair Isle Channel, also known as the Fair Isle Gap, is a body of water in northeast Scotland in the North Sea separating the Orkney Islands from the...
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born in Stornoway, Western Isles, Scotland. As an author she is best known for her widely-read Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting, a guide to the...
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shown, going clockwise around the British Isles, with each area except Trafalgar, Irish Sea, Shannon, and Fair Isle bordering the previous. Trafalgar is only...
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Campbeltown Coll Colonsay Ronaldsay Inverness Dundee Sumburgh Eday Edinburgh Fair Isle Islay Sanday Foula Papa Westray Glasgow Prestwick Kirkwall Stornoway Stronsay...
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ball which is in play Fair Isle, a Scottish island The Fair (disambiguation) Fairness (disambiguation) Fairing (disambiguation) Fairs (surname) Unfair (disambiguation)...
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from Exeter Airport". 5 March 2020. "Loganair to take on Flybe route from Isle of Man to Liverpool". ITV News. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020. "Dundee...
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isles" of Scotland. Fair Isle and Foula are outliers of Shetland, but would normally be considered part of Shetland, and thus of the Northern Isles....
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Fair Isle (1927 – 1943) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She was the top-rated juvenile filly in England in 1929 when she won three...
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The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin [ˈmanɪnʲ], also Ellan Vannin [ˈɛlʲan ˈvanɪnʲ]) or Mann (/mæn/ man), is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish...
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Hom of Clett, Scarf Skerry, Stacks of Houssness, Taing of Symbister. Fair Isle; Breiti Stack, Fogli Stack, Hoiliff, Lang Cole, Oa Stack, Stacks of Skroo...
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lighthouses in Scotland List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses Fair Isle Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent...
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Outer Hebrides (redirect from Long Isle)
h-Innse Gall, 'Islands of the Strangers'; Scots: Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Fada), is...
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Scottish Isles during the 17th and 18th centuries that whole families were involved in making sweaters, accessories, socks, stockings, etc. Fair Isle techniques...
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The Isle of Bute (Scots: Buit; Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Bhòid or An t-Eilean Bòdach), known as Bute (/bjuːt/), is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland...
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June 2022, a bird was recovered on an expedition ship MV Ortelius near Fair Isle approx 70 miles off Duncansby Head, Caithness, Scotland and successfully...
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The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (/skaɪ/; Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands...
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List of islands of Scotland (redirect from Scottish Isles)
hectares in area. Of the remainder, several such as Staffa and the Flannan Isles are well known despite their small size. Some 94 Scottish islands are permanently...
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Airport The Telegraph: Which is the world's shortest airport runway? Travel Fair Isle /Getting to the island AirNav: CKU - Cordova Municipal Airport FAA Aeronautical...
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Frisland with an island he referred to as "Fer Island", modern English Fair Isle, an island lying between mainland Shetland and the Orkney islands in his...
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Iona (redirect from Isle of Iona)
word for island (ey). Eilean Idhe means "the isle of Iona", also known as Ì nam ban bòidheach ("the isle of beautiful women"). The modern English name...
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The Isle of Mull (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Muileach [əɲ ˈtʲʰelan ˈmuləx]) or just Mull (Scots pronunciation: [mʌl]; Scottish Gaelic: Muile [ˈmulə]...
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and the village of Wester Quarff, south of Lerwick. Some filming was on Fair Isle for series 2. The Hillswick wildlife sanctuary featured in series 4. Shortly...
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