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Sheep Island (Nova Scotia)
The following locations are known as Sheep Island: United Kingdom * Sheep Island, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland * Sheep Island, Argyll, Argyll and Bute, Scotland * Sheep Island (England), Cumbria * Sheep Island, Pembrokeshire, an island of Wales * Insh Island, Slate Islands, Argyll and Bute, Scotland United States * Sheep Island (Massachusetts), Massachusetts, United States * Sheep Island (Washington), Washington, United States * Sheep Island, an alternate name for Brooks Island, Richmond, California Other * Sheep Island (Nova Scotia), Nova Scotia, Canada * Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
, Northern Europe, Faroe can be translated to 'sheep'. {{geodis ...
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Sheep Island, County Antrim
Sheep Island is an uninhabited island off the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, close to Ballintoy. The island has an area of 3.5 hectares, and is located 0.5 km off the coast. It is known for its steep cliffs (one of which is near-vertical and more than 20m in height) and rocky shores. The top of the island is domed and covered with soil.
The island has a registered owner. It is designated as a Special Protection Area and an Area of Special Scientific Interest because it contains a number of a particular species of , which is known as ''Phalacrocorax carbo carbo''.
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Sheep Island, Argyll
Sheep Island is a small uninhabited island situated off the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland. Sheep Island, along with Sanda Island and Glunimore Island, form a small group of islands approximately south of Kintyre at . Running roughly north to south, the island is around long, and is steep and precipitous along the west coast, rising to a maximum height of . There is a cave on the west coast and a natural arch at the northwest of the island. A considerable reef of drying rocks surrounds the island and makes landing on the island problematic. There are a number of strong tidal races in the area, Tum ba nach is one that extends north from Sheep Island to around halfway across the Sound of Sanda. As the name suggests, sheep have traditionally been grazed here, however the island is more notable as the primary breeding ground for puffins in the Clyde. From here the birds are returning to nearby Ailsa Craig, where they were once wiped out. Guillemots and razo ...
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Sheep Island (England)
Sheep Island is an uninhabited grassy island of around , located just over from the shore of Walney Island, opposite Snab Point. It is one of the Islands of Furness and is in the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria in north-west England. The island's geographic location is, using the British national grid reference system, . Sheep Island is accessible on foot at low tide from either Walney, or from Piel Island - a distance of about a mile (approx. 1.5 km). The island is uninhabited and there is no shelter. Between 1892 and 1922 it included a small isolation hospital located within a wooden building, which was erected by Barrow Borough Council at a cost of £257 but seldom used. Islands of Furness Uninhabited islands of England Barrow-in-Furness {{Cumbria-geo-stub ...
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Sheep Island, Pembrokeshire
Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus ''Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated sheep. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep are also the most numerous species of sheep. An adult female is referred to as a ''ewe'' (), an intact male as a ''ram'', occasionally a ''tup'', a castrated male as a ''wether'', and a young sheep as a ''lamb''. Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and Asia, with Iran being a geographic envelope of the domestication center. One of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural purposes, sheep are raised for fleeces, meat (lamb, hogget or mutton) and milk. A sheep's wool is the most widely used animal fiber, and is usually harvested by shearing. In Commonweal ...
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List Of Islands Of Wales
This is a list of islands of Wales, the mainland of which is part of Great Britain, as well as a table of the largest Welsh islands by area. The list includes tidal islands such as Sully Island but not locations such as Shell Island which, though they are termed islands, are peninsulas. Largest islands in Wales Inland islands There are no islands of any great size in lakes in Wales. The crannog in Llangorse Lake is an artificial island. Several reservoirs contain islets e.g. Llyn Brenig, Elan Valley Reservoirs and Llyn Trawsfynydd, the last named having the largest and most numerous, though some are linked by causeways. Places called "island" or "ynys" that are not islands Some places around the Welsh coast are called island or (Welsh) ynys, but are not. Caution is required in that whilst 'ynys' most commonly translates as island, it has other meanings too. Some of these named places were formerly islands surrounded by marshland. Others are peninsulas or just coastal set ...
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Insh Island
Insh ( gd, Am Baile Ùr) is a village in Highland, Scotland that lies on the east coast of the Insh Marshes. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey area, around east of Kingussie, in the Spey valley. It is located in historic Inverness-shire. The B970 road from Kingussie to Kincraig and Aviemore passes through the village. At the other side of the valley is the major A9 road from Inverness to the Central Belt. Along the road towards Ruthven Barracks Ruthven Barracks (), near Ruthven in Badenoch, Scotland, are the best preserved of the four barracks built in 1719 after the 1715 Jacobite rising. Set on an old castle mound, the complex comprises two large three-storey blocks occupying two side ... is the small Speyside Distillery. Location Insh is noteworthy as the location of the RSPB Insh Marshes Wildlife Reserve. At nearby Loch Insh it is possible to take part in various watersports, including windsurfing and sailing. There are also walking routes in the woods around Insh. In ...
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Sheep Island (Massachusetts)
The following locations are known as Sheep Island: United Kingdom * Sheep Island, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland * Sheep Island, Argyll, Argyll and Bute, Scotland * Sheep Island (England), Cumbria * Sheep Island, Pembrokeshire, an island of Wales * Insh Island, Slate Islands, Argyll and Bute, Scotland United States * Sheep Island (Massachusetts), Massachusetts, United States * Sheep Island (Washington), Washington, United States * Sheep Island, an alternate name for Brooks Island, Richmond, California Other * Sheep Island (Nova Scotia), Nova Scotia, Canada * Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
, Northern Europe, Faroe can be translated to 'sheep'. {{geodis ...
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut [Massachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət],'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to the east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York (state), New York to the west. The state's capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city, as well as its cultural and financial center, is Boston. Massachusetts is also home to the urban area, urban core of Greater Boston, the largest metropolitan area in New England and a region profoundly influential upon American History of the United States, history, academia, and the Economy of the United States, research economy. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing, and trade. Massachusetts was transformed into a manuf ...
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Sheep Island (Washington)
Sheep Island or Picnic Island is one of the San Juan Islands in San Juan County, Washington, in the United States. It is a tiny island lying just off the eastern shore of West Sound, Orcas Island Orcas Island () is the largest of the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest, which are in the northwestern corner of San Juan County, Washington. History and naming of the island The name "Orcas" is a shortened form of ''Horcasitas,'' fro .... Sheep Island has a land area of , with a recorded elevation of . The 2000 Census reported a permanent population of two persons on the island. ReferencesSheep island: Block 2082, Census Tract 9601, San Juan County, WashingtonUnited States Census Bureau * San Juan Islands {{SanJuanCountyWA-geo-stub ...
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Brooks Island
Brooks Island Regional Preserve includes both the of Brooks Island above the low-tide line and of the surrounding bay. The only public access to the island is via an East Bay Regional Park District naturalist tour. Brooks Island is a mostly flat strip of land extending from a round hill, named Jefferds Hill, which peaks at in San Francisco Bay, located just south of the Richmond Inner Harbor in Richmond, California. Originally named as ''Isla de Cármen'' by a Spanish explorer, the island appeared as "Brooks Island" on maps from 1850 onward. The eponymous Brooks has never been identified. It has also been called Sheep Island and Rocky Island at various times. The island was bought by the regional parks district in 1968, and was opened to the public in 1988. Access is now available through ranger-led guided tours. History Ohlone period On the island are the remains of several shellmounds left from prolonged occupation by Native Americans, most likely people from the Ohlone tr ...
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Sheep Island (Nova Scotia)
The following locations are known as Sheep Island: United Kingdom * Sheep Island, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland * Sheep Island, Argyll, Argyll and Bute, Scotland * Sheep Island (England), Cumbria * Sheep Island, Pembrokeshire, an island of Wales * Insh Island, Slate Islands, Argyll and Bute, Scotland United States * Sheep Island (Massachusetts), Massachusetts, United States * Sheep Island (Washington), Washington, United States * Sheep Island, an alternate name for Brooks Island, Richmond, California Other * Sheep Island (Nova Scotia), Nova Scotia, Canada * Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
, Northern Europe, Faroe can be translated to 'sheep'. {{geodis ...
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native English-speakers, and the province's population is 969,383 according to the 2021 Census. It is the most populous of Canada's Atlantic provinces. It is the country's second-most densely populated province and second-smallest province by area, both after Prince Edward Island. Its area of includes Cape Breton Island and 3,800 other coastal islands. The Nova Scotia peninsula is connected to the rest of North America by the Isthmus of Chignecto, on which the province's land border with New Brunswick is located. The province borders the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, and is separated from Prince Edward Island and the island of Newfoundland by the Northumberland and Cabot straits, ...
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