companion island to Copinsay, Horse of Copinsay lies to the northeast. The Horse is uninhabited, and is managed as a bird reserve. Copinsay is also home to...
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The Horse of Copinsay, also known as the Horse, is a rectangular uninhabited sea stack to the north east of Copinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The...
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Deerness (category Parishes of Orkney)
islets of Copinsay, the Horse of Copinsay and Corn Holm. The Brough of Deerness is the site of an early Christian monastery near the north eastern tip of the...
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islands alongside a larger one, other examples being the Calf of Man and the Horse of Copinsay. The islands name in Norse times was thus Kalfr. "Eday" is...
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Skerry, The Clett. Calf of Eday: Lashy Skerries, The Bow. Cava: Barrel of Butter. Copinsay: Black Holm, Corn Holm, Horse of Copinsay, Scarf Skerry, Sow Skerry...
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Northern Isles (redirect from History of the Northern Isles)
transferred into English in, for example, the Calf of Flotta and Horse of Copinsay. Brother Isle is an anglicisation of the Norse breiðareøy meaning "broad beach...
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Scottish island names (category Islands of Scotland)
transferred into English in for example, the Calf of Flotta and Horse of Copinsay. Brother Isle is an anglicisation of breiðare-øy meaning "broad beach island"...
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This is one of a series of comprehensive lists of continents, countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states, provinces...
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This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain. Also included are various other related tables and...
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This is one of a series of comprehensive lists of continents, countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states, provinces...
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This is one of a series of comprehensive lists of continents, countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states, provinces...
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na hInse 'town of the holm') Glimps Holm Helliar Holm Holm of Papa Lamb Holm Linga Holm Muckle Green Holm In the vicinity of Copinsay: Black Holm Corn...
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Orkney (redirect from Swedish earldom of Orkney)
the Churchill Barriers. Uninhabited South Islands include Calf of Flotta, Cava, Copinsay, Corn Holm, Fara, Glimps Holm, Hunda, Lamb Holm, Rysa Little,...
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This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of St Andrews And Deerness in Orkney, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates...
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The list of shipwrecks in May 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1940. For the loss of RFA Boardale on this day...
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