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Long , in Scottish Gaelic Lungaight , is an island of the United Kingdom located in the southwest of Scotland, in the interior hebrides and part of the Council Area of Argyll and Bute. His name comes from the old Norrois, and Ling meant “boats river” [ 2 ] . Described as a “green jewel in a blue sea” [ 3 ] , this island of 83 Hectares is one of the Treshnish islands which was designated site of scientific interest in particular for its colonies of birds such as the pimpting monk and the Fulmar. The islands are also a special protection area due to important populations of oceanites and nuns [ 4 ] .
The Treshnish Islands of which Lunga is a basal group of the tertiary sector [ 5 ] . This group is of volcanic origin, and on Lunga the lava flows have formed a tray [ 3 ] . These islands have raised beaches. These beaches were previously on the bank of the ocean. Due to the change in the relative level of land, the beaches are now above the coast [ 6 ] . Lunga is a rocky island whose interior, with acid lands, is formed of moors [ 7 ] .
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Landscape of the Landes inside.
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Lunga has many scree.
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Being part of the Treshnish islands, Lunga is rocky.
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Lunga is mentioned at least at XIV It is century, when the lord of the islands gave Lunga among other territories to the chief of the Maclean clan the [ 8 ] . Lunga has been uninhabited since 1834 [ 9 ] , [ notes 1 ] .
Lunga is the main sanctuary for birds among the Treshnish islands. The large population of puffing monk who nest in summer is an important attraction for tourists. Among the thousands of birds in the island are also the storm oceanite (5,040 couples or 5.9% of the population of Great Britain [ 7 ] ), the Bernache winter nun (82 individuals [ 7 ] ), the little penguin, the guillemot, the rissa, the cormorant, the fulmar and the labbes. Some of the birds are on a stack named Harp Rock . The surroundings of the island also contain seals, dolphins, minke whales and sea pigs [ 11 ] . Mouses were on the island, and Fraser Darling declared that he had caught 75 in the space of 4 months in 1937.
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Two juvenile gulls.
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Macareur monks on the cliff.
Among the plants on Lunga are the common primrose, lotiers, orchids, and potentiles.
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- Lunga should not be confused with another island of the same name in the interior Hebrides, but closer to Jura. This other island was inhabited at least until 1901 according to linguistic censuses [ ten ] .
References [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
- (in) The Gazetteer for Scotland, “Lunga”, accessed October 9, 2010.
- (in) [PDF] John Tay, « Placenames », Parliament of Scotland, accessed October 9, 2010.
- (in) Hamish Haswell-Smith, « The Scottish Islands », Canongate, Edimbourg, (ISBN 1841954543 ) , 2004.
- (in) Argyll Marine Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), « TRESHNIC ISLES », Accessed October 9, 2010.
- (in) Frank Fraser Darling, « Natural history in the Highlands & islands », Collins, 1947.
- Museum of Archeology and Ethnology of Simon Fraser University, “raised beach”, consulted on October 9, 2010.
- (in) Joint Nature Conservation Committee, “Treshnish Isles”, accessed October 9, 2010.
- (in) Erskine Beveridge, « Coll and Tiree », chapitre 8 The Treshnish Isles .
- (in) John Morton Boyd et Ian L. Boyd, « The Hebrides: a natural history », Collins, 1990.
- (in) [PDF] Kurt C. to have, « Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic) Local Gaelic) », Volume 16: Islay, Jura & Colonsay, 2 It is edition, 2006.
- (in) Alan Murphy, « Scotland Highlands & Islands handbook: the travel guide », Footprint Travel Guides, 2001, page 124.
Bibliography [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
- (in) J. Richardson et D. Astin, « On the natural history of Lunga », Glasgow Naturalist , volume 9, number 3, pages 161-174, 1975.
- (in) Donald B. MacCulloch, « The wondrous isle of Staffa: its history, geology, features, and associations », Oliver and Boyd, 1957.
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