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    Gulf of Corryvreckan (from the Gaelic Coire Bhreacain, meaning 'cauldron of the speckled seas' or 'cauldron of the plaid'), also called the Strait of...
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    The Corryvreckan is a narrow strait between the islands of Jura and Scarba, in Argyll and Bute, on the northern side of the Gulf of Corryvreckan, Scotland...
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    Cailleach (category Personifications of Ireland)
    the west coast of Scotland, the Cailleach ushers in winter by washing her great plaid (Gaelic: féileadh mòr) in the Gulf of Corryvreckan (Gaelic: Coire...
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    Jura, Scotland (redirect from Isle of Jura)
    island of Scarba lies the Gulf of Corryvreckan, where a whirlpool makes passage dangerous at certain states of the tide. The southern part of the island...
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  • waterfall. Moy Castle – Castle of Moy Duart Castle – Castle of Sorne Torosay Castle – Achnacroish Gulf of Corryvreckan – the whirlpool The film was a...
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  • Greece Gulf of Corryvreckan, off the west coast of mainland Scotland Davao Gulf, in Davao City, Mindanao, the Philippines Exmouth Gulf, gulf in North...
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    Scarba (category Islands of the Inner Hebrides)
    restricting certain forms of development. The Corryvreckan whirlpool The view from Luing looking towards Scarba Na h-Urrachann, Isle of Scarba, looking north...
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  • Lochlann (category Rulers of Lochlann)
    are part of the mythology of the naming of the Gulf of Corryvreckan (Scottish Gaelic: Coire Bhreacain), a whirlpool between the islands of Jura and Scarba...
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  • islands of Zealand and Funen in Denmark Guadeloupe Passage – north of Guadeloupe, West Indies Gulf of Corryvreckan - between the Scottish islands of Jura...
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    Moskstraumen (category Bodies of water of Norway)
    topography; unlike most other major maelstroms, such as Saltstraumen, Gulf of Corryvreckan, Naruto whirlpools, Old Sow whirlpool, and Skookumchuck Narrows,...
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  • whirlpools; the Gulf of Corryvreckan in Scotland, Lofoten and Saltstraumen in Norway; with Prof Tsukasa Nishimura of Tokyo University of Science and Prof...
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    formation of waves, eddies and hazardous currents. The constriction can be a passage where the sides narrow, for example the Gulf of Corryvreckan and the...
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    Argyll and Bute (category Council areas of Scotland)
    Clachan Fincharn Castle Fingal's Cave Gare Loch and Faslane Naval Base Gulf of Corryvreckan Inveraray Castle Iona Abbey Kilchurn Castle Kilmartin Glen Loch Goil...
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    Oban, the Gulf of Corryvreckan, Tobermory, Castle Stalker and The Bridge over the Atlantic. Oban airport links the mainland with the islands of Coll, Colonsay...
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    and whirlpools. The Gulf of Corryvreckan, which contains a notorious whirlpool, the world's third largest, leads from the north of the sound. The south...
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    on and was filmed on locations on Mull and the whirlpool in the Gulf of Corryvreckan. The 2012 exploration adventure game Dear Esther by developer The...
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    George Orwell (category Articles with Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy links)
    expedition, on 19 August, which nearly led to loss of life whilst trying to cross the notorious Gulf of Corryvreckan and gave him a soaking which was not good...
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    earls of Orkney and the emerging thalassocracy of the Kingdom of the Isles, the rulers of Ireland, Dál Riata and Alba, and intervention by the crown of Norway...
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  • Garvellachs (redirect from Isles of the Sea)
    are some treacherous stretches of water. These include the Grey Dogs between Scarba and Lunga and the Gulf of Corryvreckan, between Scarba and Jura in which...
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  • Odin's Raven (category Replicas of Viking ships)
    camera) Kyle of Lochalsh Tobermory Oban Gulf of Corryvreckan Port Ellen, Islay (where she was met by HM Submarine Odin) Portpatrick, Mull of Galloway, arriving...
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  • Isles Eilean Mòr, Loch Fyne, see Loch Fyne Eilean Mòr, Gulf of Corryvreckan, see Gulf of Corryvreckan Eilean Mòr, Loch Greshornish, see Loch Greshornish Eilean...
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    farmhouse in the north of the island of Jura in the Scottish Inner Hebrides overlooking the Sound of Jura. It stands on the site of a larger 15th-century...
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    Belnahua (category Uninhabited islands of Argyll and Bute)
    channels of the west coast" of Scotland, including the Gulf of Corryvreckan some ten kilometres (six miles) to the south. The island is part of the Scarba...
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    Glendaruel Glenfinnart Glenlean Glensluan Glunimore Island Gometra Gulf of Corryvreckan Gunna Helensburgh Hill House HMNB Clyde, HMS Vanguard, HMS Vengeance...
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    The Paps of Jura (Scottish Gaelic: Sgurr na Cìche) are three mountains on the western side of the island of Jura, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Their...
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    Pentland Firth (category Articles using infobox body of water without alt)
    usually occur as stray juveniles carried by currents from warmer seas. Gulf of Corryvreckan Renewable energy in Scotland Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga...
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    currents, particularly in the channels between the islands. In the Gulf of Corryvreckan, between Jura and Scarba, tidal flows can reach 8.5 knots, and form a...
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    Knockrome is a hamlet on the island of Jura, in the civil parish of Jura, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. On the 1982 OS 1:10000 map...
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    Ardfin is a country estate on the island of Jura, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It is situated at the southern tip of the island, between Feolin and Craighouse...
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    main settlement and capital of the Scottish Inner Hebridean island of Jura, in Argyll and Bute. In 1971 it had a population of 113. The village is situated...
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