ألڤا

For other uses, see ألڤا (توضيح).

ألڤا

الاسم الگيلي	Ulbha
الاسم النورسي	Ulv-oy/Ulfrsey
معنى الاسم	Old Norse for 'wolf island' or 'Ulfr's island'
الموقع
ألڤا ألڤا shown within Scotland
OS grid reference	NM410396
Physical geography
مجموعة الجزر	Mull
المساحة	1,990 hectares (7.7 sq mi)
ترتيب المساحة	35
أعلى منسوب	Beinn Chreagach 313 metres (1,027 ft)
الادارة
الدولة ذات السيادة	المملكة المتحدة
البلد	اسكتلندا
منطقة المجلس	Argyll and Bute
الديمغرافيا
التعداد	16
ترتيب التعداد	67
أكبر مستوطنة	Ulva House (once Ormaig)
المراجع

جزيرة الڤا Ulva ، هي احدى جزر الساحل الداخلي لإسكتلندا.

 الجغرافيا

Tràigh Bhàn, looking South east toward Ben More on Mull.

خريطة تظهر فيها ألفا باللون الأحمر

 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.

 التاريخ

Ulva has been inhabited since prehistoric times

"VLWA" and surrounding islands from Blaeu's Atlas Maior (1654)

 القرن الثامن عشر

 Lachlan Macquarie

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

 بوزوِل وجونسون

جيمس بوزوِل

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

 القرن التاسع عشر

 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

 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

 النبات

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

 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

 المصادر

 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)

 روابط خارجية

• The Isle of Ulva "A world apart"
• Now who be ye, would cross Loch Gyle? (Ulva) John Hannavy visits Ulva, a tiny island off the west coast of Mull Published in Scotland Magazine Issue 31 on 16/02/2007
• Mullmagic.com Isle of Ulva
• Images of archaeological sites in Mull and Ulva, Clive Ruggles, University of Leicester.

Ulva (centre) from Mull