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Encyclopedia > Gometra
Gometra
Elevation: 155 m (509 ft)
Location: Off the coast of Mull, Scotland
Prominence: 155 m
Topo map: OS Landrangers 47, 48
OS grid reference: NM361414
Listing: Marilyn

Gometra is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, lying south west of Mull. It lies immediately north west of Ulva, to which it is linked by a bridge, and at low tide also by a beach. A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... Tobermory with 700 people, the largest settlement on Mull, is home to the only whisky distillery on the island. ... Transport in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland... In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop or prime factor (in Europe), is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains. ... Example of a topographic map with contour lines Topographic maps, also called contour maps, topo maps or topo quads (for quadrangles), are maps that show topography, or land contours, by means of contour lines. ... Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Peak bagging (also hill bagging, mountain bagging, or among enthusiasts, just bagging) is a popular activity for hillwalkers and mountaineers in which they attempt to reach the summit of each peak in a region above some height, or having a particular feature. ... A Marilyn is a hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres, regardless of absolute height or other merit. ... Transport in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland... The Inner Hebrides are a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. ... Tobermory with 700 people, the largest settlement on Mull, is home to the only whisky distillery on the island. ... This article is about the Scottish island of Ulva. ...


The island is agricultural, formerly growing grain for the monastery on Iona. Once home to a population of over a hundred, now down to a tight-knit community of a handful of people, up to a thousand black face sheep, a flock of feral goats, and red deer. Attractions on the island include a burial ground. It has no school, doctor, ferry or postal service. The etymology of the name has been traced to both the Norse Godrmadray meaning "God man's island" and the Gaelic Gu mòr traigh meaning "only at low tide". Iona seen from Fionnphort, the ferry point on the Isle of Mull Iona, population 175, is a small island (1 mile wide, 3. ... Binomial name Cervus elaphus Linnaeus,, 1758 Subspecies Numerous - see text. ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery or graveyard is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ... This is the approximate extent of Old Norse and related languages in the early 10th century. ... Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig; IPA: ) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ...


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Gometra Inshore Weather Forecast from the Met Office (544 words)
All Gometra inshore weather forecasts contain a Met Office 48-hour inshore sea area summary for Mull of Kintyre to Ardamurchan, followed by a Met Office 2-5 day deterministic forecast taken from the Met Office atmoshperic weather model for Gometra.
To access your Gometra inshore weather forecast, dial 09068 500 463 and enter the 4 digit code 6369 for Gometra to go straight to the inshore sailing weather forecast for Gometra.
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Environmental Data | Designated Shellfish Waters in Scotland : Site Data : Gometra (74 words)
The shellfish designated water of Gometra is an area inshore of lines drawn between NM 349 410 and NM 340 410, between Nm 340 410 and NM 340 400, and between NM 340 400 and NM 366 396 (Rubha Bhrisdeadh-ramh)
Gometra (to Feb 2004) : NM 362 404
Gometra (from Feb 2004) : NM 3526 4057
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