Taransay (Scottish Gaelic: Tarasaigh, pronounced [ˈt̪ʰaɾas̪aj]) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It was the host of the British television...
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Taransay is a 39-meter luxury motor yacht built by the Italian shipyard Rossinavi. Delivered in 2015, Taransay is a modern equipped replica of an already...
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children who were tasked with building a community on the Scottish island of Taransay, 1+7⁄8 miles (3 kilometres) off the west coast of Harris, Outer Hebrides...
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Scarista are amongst the most spectacular. From the former the island of Taransay, where the BBC Television series Castaway 2000 was recorded, is seen most...
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South Uist Benbecula North Uist Vallay Killegray Berneray (disambiguation) Taransay Scarp Mealasta Island Scalpay, Inner Hebrides Scalpay, Outer Hebrides Great...
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followed a group of thirty-six people marooned on the Scottish island of Taransay for a year, starting 1 January 2000. This was a social experiment aimed...
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group are Beàrnaraigh (Great Bernera) and Sgalpaigh (Scalpay). Tarasaigh (Taransay) and An Sgarp (Scarp), now uninhabited, are islands close to the shore...
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Saint Ronan St Serf's Inch (F) - Saint Serf Sweyn Holm – Sweyn Asleifsson Taransay - Saint Taran Iqbal Singh, the owner of Vacsay, has also expressed wishes...
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island life, was written after the abandonment of the island in 1938 and Taransay hosted the BBC television series Castaway 2000. Others have played a part...
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Wheelhouse of motor yacht, Taransay, in 2015 with navigation and systems displays...
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was used as the basis of the film, The Rocket Post, filmed on Harris and Taransay and directed by Stephen Whittaker, which was finally released in 2006....
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2021-10-15. "Endeavour 2". www.superyachttimes.com. Retrieved 2021-10-15. "Taransay". www.superyachttimes.com. Retrieved 2021-10-15. "Parillion". www.superyachttimes...
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sharp or infertile island Scarp Skarpoe Norse "barren" or "stony" Scarpe Taransay Norse Taran's island Tarandsay Haraldsey, Harold's island Wiay Búey Norse...
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List of bays of the Outer Hebrides (section Taransay)
This List of Bays of Outer Hebrides summarises the bays that are located on the islands of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Map this section's coordinates...
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project was Stephen Whittaker's The Rocket Post. Filmed on the island of Taransay, Scotland, the film explores a German scientist's idea to deliver mail...
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Atoll 15 Atoll of Marshall Islands. Ōmi-jima 14.81 Island part of Japan. Taransay 14.75 Island part of Scotland. Scarba 14.74 Island part of Scotland. Lord...
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which a volunteer community lived for a year on the previously uninhabited Taransay in the Outer Hebrides. 2000–2001 Jumping Ship Disney Channel Joey Lawrence...
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Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 18 Sound of Harris (North Uist, Taransay & St Kilda) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2008. ISBN 9780319231272. Heathcote...
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Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh), Stornoway Airport (Port-Adhair Steòrnabhagh) Taransay (Tarasaigh) Tarbert (An Tairbeart) Tigharry (Taigh a' Ghearraidh) Uineasan...
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basis of a 2001 film, also called The Rocket Post, which was filmed on Taransay. The film's original score was composed by Nigel Clarke & Michael Csanyi-Wills...
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island life, was written after the abandonment of the island in 1938 and Taransay hosted the BBC television series ‘’Castaway 2000’’. Others have played...
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lifeboats and commercial vessels including: Liberty (1908) Sunbeam II (1929) Taransay (1930) Virginia (1930) Nahlin (1930) Mercator (1932) Titan (1935) Blue...
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to Ian and Letitia (Letty) and had an older brother, Ian. They lived in Taransay Road, Govan, near the Fairfield shipyard. Martin was educated at Govan...
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Mull) Loch nan Uamh (Arisaig) Loch na h-Uamha (Harris) Loch na h-Uidhe (Taransay) Upper Loch Torridon (Wester Ross) Loch Uiskevagh (Benbecula) Loch Ussie...
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Tarbert. The loch contains the islands Soay Mòr, Soay Beag and Isay, while Taransay lies near the mouth of the loch. Amhuinnsuidhe Castle is located on the...
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Merchant Navy Harbour tug 1931 203 Harry Philip Gouge, Master 3 367 HMY Taransay (FY057) Royal Navy Armed yacht 1930 175 1 162 Thames Belgium Harbour...
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-7.000 (United Kingdom) United Kingdom Scotland - Islands of Lewis, Taransay and Harris 57°45′N 7°0′W / 57.750°N 7.000°W / 57.750; -7.000 (Atlantic...
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the closest Saturday. There was a chapel dedicated to Saint Ternan on Taransay, but it was destroyed by coastal erosion in the 1970s. St Ternan's, Banchory...
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Lewis intervened, and Iain Mor MacLeod engaged the Morrisons at Clachan on Taransay. It is said that Hucheon was the only Morrison to survive the battle, swimming...
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