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Encyclopedia > Garvellachs

The Garvellachs are a group of small islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. They lie west of Luing and north west of Scarba and have been uninhabited since World War II.


The islands include Garbh Eileach, Dún Channuill and Eileach an Naiomh.


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Dundee Sub Aqua Club - Trip Report Garvellachs November 1999 (549 words)
The journey out to the small group of islands called the Garvellachs gently passed until we had to pass through the Grey Dogs, a sound between the isles of Scarba and Lunga.
The many whirlpools were in tremendous form, amazing was the levels of the water between east and west halves of the sound where it is not uncommon to see 1 metre differences.
Duncan, the skipper is very knowledgeable around this area where he has worked for over ten years and to no surprise powers the boat through the dogs.
Encyclopedia: List of islands of Scotland (9075 words)
Mercator projection map of the Saint Kilda Island group with inset of the British Isles The Saint Kilda (Scottish Gaelic: Hiort) archipelago, in the North Atlantic is at the outermost limits of the British Isles.
The Garvellachs are a group of small islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
The Orkney Islands are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and form a traditional county and Lieutenancy area.
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