ألڤا

Coordinates: 56°28.5′N 6°12′W / 56.4750°N 6.200°W / 56.4750; -6.200
ألڤا
الاسم الگيليUlbha 
الاسم النورسيUlv-oy/Ulfrsey
معنى الاسمOld Norse for 'wolf island' or 'Ulfr's island'
الموقع
ألڤا is located in اسكتلندا
ألڤا
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ألڤا shown within Scotland
OS grid referenceNM410396
Physical geography
مجموعة الجزرMull
المساحة1,990 hectares (7.7 sq mi)
ترتيب المساحة35 [1]
أعلى منسوبBeinn Chreagach 313 metres (1,027 ft)
الادارة
الدولة ذات السيادةالمملكة المتحدة
البلداسكتلندا
منطقة المجلسArgyll and Bute
الديمغرافيا
التعداد16
ترتيب التعداد67[1]
أكبر مستوطنةUlva House (once Ormaig)
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المراجع[2][3][4][5]

جزيرة الڤا Ulva ، هي احدى جزر الساحل الداخلي لإسكتلندا.

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الجغرافيا

Tràigh Bhàn, looking South east toward Ben More on Mull.
خريطة تظهر فيها ألفا باللون الأحمر


الإبراشية والمنطقة

الجزر المحيطة

A view from Ormaig to the south east: the nearer islets are Geasgill Mòr & Geasgill Beag, while the longer island behind them is Inch Kenneth.


الجيولوجيا

Basalt cliffs, near Dùn Bhioramuill on south coast
Topography of Ulva and surrounding area.

الأصل


التاريخ

Ulva has been inhabited since prehistoric times
"VLWA" and surrounding islands from Blaeu's Atlas Maior (1654)


قبل التاريخ

Dál Riata

الفترة النورسية والعصور الوسطى

القرن الثامن عشر

Lachlan Macquarie

Lachlan Macquarie, sometimes called "Father of Australia" was born on Ulva.

بوزوِل وجونسون

صاموِل جونسون، مرسومة حوالي 1772، قبل عام من زيارته ألڤا.


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Mercheta Mulierum

القرن التاسع عشر

صناعة عشب البحر

سكوت ، هوج ، وغيرهم من الزوار

James Hogg, "The Ettrick Shepherd"
London poet John Keats was one of many famous visitors to Ulva in the 19th century


ديڤد لڤنگستون

The Clearances come to Ulva

Ormaig was once the principal settlement on the island. It had been inhabited since prehistoric times, until it was cleared by Francis William Clark in the mid 19th century
The only house currently inhabited at Bearnus


The famous meeting of Stanley and Livingstone in Africa


القرن العشرون ووقتنا الحالي

The bothy at Cragaig. Like so many other places, Cragaig was once a thriving settlement
Meall Min: Farming still plays a major role in the Ulva community


الحياة البرية

Bluebells growing near Ardalum
A young razorbill in nearby Loch na Keal/Loch nan Ceall

الحيوان

النبات

The Isle of Ulva has a dramatic range of scenery from spectacular cliffs to sylvan glades such as this.

وسائل الإعلام والفن

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Lord Ullin's Daughter

Walter Scott

Moladh Ulbha

غيرهم من الكتاب

الإقتصاد والبنية التحتية

The dam on A' Chrannag, which provides the island with much of its drinking water

المباني

The small church at Ardalum, designed by Thomas Telford


كنيسة ألفا

كوخ شيلا

مباني أخرى

فلكلور

المصادر

  1. ^ أ ب Area and population ranks: there are 300ح. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  2. ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 Nov 2003) "Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands" Retrieved 9 July 2007.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey
  4. ^ MacKenzie, Donald W. R. (16 May 2000) As It Was/Sin Mar a Bha: A Ulva Boyhood Birlinn Ltd ISBN 978-1841580425
  5. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate. Pages 102-5

مراجع عامة

  • Bannerman, John, Studies in the History of Dalriada. Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, 1974. ISBN 0-7011-2040-1
  • Broun, Dauvit, Dál Riata in Lynch (2001).
  • قالب:Haswell-Smith (Ulva and Gometra)
  • Howard, J. & Jones, A., The Isle of Ulva: A Visitor's Guide, published by Ulva Estate, (2004)
  • Keay, J. & Keay, J. (1994) Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London. HarperCollins. Articles: Ulva & "MacQuarrie, Lachlan"
  • Johnson, Samuel (1775) A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. London. Chapman & Dodd. (1924 edition).
  • Livingston, David LL.D., D.C.L., Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean.
  • MacKenzie, Donald W. R. As It Was/Sin Mar a Bha: A Ulva Boyhood Birlinn Ltd (16 May 2000) ISBN 978-1841580425
  • Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry Into the Condition of the Crofters and Cottars in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (Napier Commission)

56°28.5′N 6°12′W / 56.4750°N 6.200°W / 56.4750; -6.200

روابط خارجية

Ulva (centre) from Mull

قالب:Mull