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Rabbit Islands
Rabbit Islands in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Rabbit Islands is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Rabbit Islands (58.53°N 04.40°W / 58.53; -04.40 NC602631) are a group of three uninhabited small islands off the north coast of Sutherland, Scotland in Tongue Bay. In Scottish Gaelic, and occasionally in English, they are known as Eileanan nan Gall, which is sometimes anglicised as "Eilean-na-Gaeil" or "Eilean nan Gaill".
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Background
History
The islands' older name "Eileanan nan Gall", means "islands of the strangers", or "Norsemen". The name Sgeir an Òir (skerry of the gold) may be a reference to this. The islands are popular with scuba divers, and have in the past been used for grazing.
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- Coordinates
- 58.5300, -4.4000
Sources
- wikidata: Q3777194 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Rabbit Islands, Scotland (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Rabbit Islands?
- Rabbit Islands is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 58.5300°, -4.4000°.