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	tScholars.com \| Tearaght Island
		An Tiaracht (anglicised as The Tearaght, Inishtearaght or Tearaght Island) is an uninhabited steep rocky island situated to the west of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry.
		The island is divided into two sections, a larger eastern part (200 metres high) and a western part that rises to 116 metres.
		A lighthouse was established on the island in 1870, and automated in 1988.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Tearaght_Island (210 words)

	Tearaght Island
		Tearaght Island (An Tiaracht in Irish, and sometimes called "the Tearaght" or "Inishtearaght" in English) is an uninhabited steep rocky island situated to the west of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry.
		Tearaght Island is about 1 km from east to west, and 500 m from north to south.
		Tearaght Island, like the other Blasket Islands, holds large numbers of seabirds, with internationally important populations of Manx shearwater and European storm-petrel.
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/Tearaght_Island (222 words)

	Tearaght Island
		Tearaght Island (An Tiaracht in Irish, and sometimes called "the Tearaght" or "Inishtearaght" in English) is an uninhabited rocky island situated to the west of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry.
		It is the westernmost of the Blasket Islands, the westernmost point of Ireland, the westernmost point of the British Isles if Rockall is not included, and the westernmost point of the European Union if France's dГ©partements d'outre-mer are not included.
		A lighthouse was established on the Tearaght in 1870, and automated in 1988.
	www.paleorama.com /Lakes-T/Tearaght_Island.php (98 words)

	Seaspecs - Islands Links
		Continental islands are bodies of land that lie upon the continental shelf of a continent.
		The southernmost chain is the Austral Islands, with its northerly trending part the atolls in the nation of Tuvalu.
		An atoll is an island formed from a coral reef that has grown on an eroded and submerged volcanic island.
	www.seaspecs.com /html/link_cats/IslandsLinks.html (1288 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The islands extend from Pednathise Head, Isles of Scilly in the south, to Out Stack, Shetland in the north; and from Tearaght Island, Ireland in the west, to Lowestoft Ness, England in the east.
		The largest of the other islands are to be found in the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland to the north, Anglesey and the Isle of Man between Great Britain and Ireland, and the Channel Islands near the coast of France.
		Many other bodies are organised throughout the islands as a whole; for example the Samaritans which is deliberately organised without regard to national boundaries on the basis that a service which is not political or religious should not recognise sectarian or political divisions.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=British_Isles (7466 words)

	Oceanic tropical private island for sale
		An oceanic Island situated in the tropics, totally virgin and unexploited, to be developed as a project of a touristic centre of highest standards for the most priviliged clients in the world.
		Planning permission for the island is for a world class casino, villas of the highest prestige, bungalows, appropriate restaurants, a shopping complex, boutiques, discotheque etc, price on application.
		An island paradise with a sea-front setting below a nature reserve on the West (lee) shore of Carriacou in the Caribbean Grenadines.
	www.antibes.co.uk /stratos/island.for.sale (694 words)

	Wikipedia: British Isles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The islands encompass an area south to north from Pednathise Head to Out Stack, Shetland in the United Kingdom, and west to east from Tearaght Island in the Republic of Ireland to Lowestoft Ness in the United Kingdom, containing more than 6,000 islands, amounting to a total land area of 121,674 square miles (315,134 km²).
		The other larger islands are situated to the north and west of the group, in the Hebrides and Shetland Islands.
		The Channel Islands are sometimes stated as being in the British Isles [10], though geographically they are not part of the island group, being close to the coast of France.
	en.pediax.org /British_Isles (6034 words)

	National Parks & Wildlife ServiceNature Reserves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It is rated as of international importance because of the colonies of Gannets that inhabit the island.
		Puffin Island is situated off the Iveragh Peninsula, Co. Kerry, and is well known for its large colonies of breeding seabirds.
		Tearaght Island -one of the Blasket group of islands - is of international importance because of the large colonies of seabirds it supports.
	82.112.120.223 /en/NatureReserves/Kerry (694 words)

	Arranmore -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The island is part of the Donegal (Click link for more info and facts about Gaeltacht) Gaeltacht.
		The island lies 3 miles off (Click link for more info and facts about Burtonport) Burtonport, and is the north-westernmost point in (The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles) Europe.
		It has been settled since pre-Celtic times, and the few remaining signs of early settlement include a promontary fort to the south of the island and shell ((archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement) midden s dotted along the beachs.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Ar/Arranmore.htm (116 words)

	spirit island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		An island or isle is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water.
		An island in a river or lake is called an eyot [Ä«Â´Ç’t].
		Also, when defining islands as pieces of land that are completely surrounded by water, narrow bodies of water like rivers and canals are generally left out of consideration.
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	Surtsey
		The new island was named after the fire giant Surtr from Norse mythology, and was intensively studied by volcanologists during its creation and, since the end of the eruption, has been of great interest to botanists and biologists as life has gradually colonised the originally barren island.
		The violent explosions caused by the meeting of lava and sea water meant that the island consisted of a loose pile of volcanic rock (scoria), which was eroded rapidly by north Atlantic storms during the winter.
		It had several causes: settling of the loose tephra forming the bulk of the volcano, compaction of sea floor sediments underlying the island, and downward warping of the lithosphere due to the weight of the volcano.
	libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_Surtsey.html (4547 words)

	Island Gazetteer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The list of islands and their jurisdictions is extensive, so much so it is on this separate page.
		Is an island, but not considered to be one, probably due to being next to the naval stronghold of Portsmouth.
		Equidistant from the Mull of Kintyre, the Island of Arran, and the town of Girvan.
	freedoms.4t.com /gazetter.htm (2346 words)

	Island Gazetteer
		These may be off-shore of the larger islands, joined by a bridge, causeway, narrow strip of land, pipeline, or exposed mudflats at low tide.
		Is an island, but not considered to be one, probably due to being next to the naval stronghold of Portsmouth.
		Equidistant from the Mull of Kintyre, the Island of Arran, and the town of Girvan.
	freedom.is /gazetter.htm (2418 words)

	landscape photography of the British Isles
		Created 8000 years ago by retreating ice and rising sea levels they consist over 6000 islands with coastline of more than 10,000 miles, which is the longest in Europe and is the most varied and dramatic of any country of comparable size.
		The islands extend from Pednathise Head, Isles of Scilly in the south, to Out Stack, Shetland in the north; and from Tearaght Island, Ireland in the west, to Lowestoft Ness, England in the east.
		Scotland is blessed with spectacular scenery from high mountains to remote beaches and islands to misty glens and crystal clear lochs.
	www.britishlandscapes.com (374 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The northernmost point of the continent is often incorrectly given as North Cape - actually the second northernmost point of the inshore islands of Europe.
		Northernmost point â” Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia (81Â° 48â² 24â³ N) If Franz Josef Land is not considered a part of Europe, then the northernmost point would be located at the northern point of RossÃ¸ya, Svalbard (81Â°N).
		Easternmost point â” Cape Zhelaniya, Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya, Russia (69Â° 05â² 31â³ E) Assuming the watershed of the Ural Mountains as Europe's eastern border.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Extreme_points_of_Europe (351 words)

	The Blasket Islands on the Southwest Coast of Ireland - Historical Information
		From the end of the 13th Century the Ferriter family leased the Islands from the Earls of Desmond, and from Sir Richard Boyle after the dispossession of the Desmond Geraldines at the end of the 16th Century.
		The population of the Island grew with the influx of tenants evicted from their holdings by Lord Ventry during the first half of the 19th Century.
		Nevertheless, Island life was a constant hardship and struggle – a three-mile crossing to the mainland, followed by a five-mile walk by road for a priest, or a twelve-mile walk to reach a doctor.
	www.dingle-peninsula.ie /blaskets.html (2609 words)

	National Parks & Wildlife Service - Conservation sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Blasket Islands are situated at the end of the Dingle peninsula in Co. Kerry.
		The vegetation of the islands is typical of exposed western islands.
		The islands have a long history of seabird recording, with a major survey being undertaken in 1988 and partly updated during the Seabird 2000 survey.
	82.112.120.223 /en/Conservationsites/SpecialAreasofConservationSACs/SiteSynopsis/Kerry/Name,1089,en.html (1215 words)

	Encyclopedia: Extreme points of Ireland
		County Kerry (Irish: Ciarraí) is a county in the southwest of Ireland, in the Munster province of the Republic of Ireland, the county is informally referred to as The Kingdom.
		Canon Rock is an uninhabited island situated to the east of Kearney on the Ards Peninsula, County Down.
		² The easternmost point of the Republic of Ireland is Lambay Island in County Dublin.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Extreme-points-of-Ireland (688 words)

	Inishtearaght (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This Blasket Island lighthouse is the most westerly in Europe.
		Known to some as The Tearaght, it is 84 meters above high water and has a range of 27 sea miles.
		On its slopes is the most westerly railway in Europe, used to raise provisions to the lighthouse keepers.
	www.lighthousegetaway.com /lights/eagle/eagle10-30.html (91 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 392 - 02 November, 1989 - Written Answers. - Game Protection.
		These reserves comprise all of Capel Island off the south coast near Youghal, County Cork, part of the Knockadoon headland opposite the island and the intervening sea area.
		Puffin Island is situated off the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry and is well known for its large colonies of breeding seabirds.
		Tearaght Island — one of the Blasket group of islands — is of international importance because of the large colonies of seabirds it supports.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0392/D.0392.198911020032.html (2749 words)

	British Isles - Wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The islands encompass an area south to north from Pednathise Head to Out Stack, Shetland in the United Kingdom, and west to east from Tearaght Island in the Republic of Ireland to Lowestoft Ness in the United Kingdom, containing more than 6,000 islands, amounting to a total land area of 315,134 km² (121,674 sq.
		The other larger islands are situated to the north and west of the archipelago, in the Hebrides and Shetland Islands.
		Ireland was referred to as Ierne (the sacred island as the Greeks interpreted it) "inhabited by the race of Hiberni", and Britain as insula Albionum, "island of the Albions".
	en.wikilib.com /wiki/British_Isles (6355 words)

	The Skelligs Lighthouses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Skellig lighthouse is one of the main sea lights off the south west coast and is located on the outer and larger of the Skellig rocks; eight miles (12.8km) from the nearest mainland point, north east of Puffin Island.
		When Inishtearaght, the most westerly island of the Blaskets, 22 miles (35.4km) north of Skellig rocks, was established 1st May 1870, the upper light of the Skellig was discontinued, not without a fight I may add but the Elder Brethren had made up their minds it was not necessary and they stuck to their decision.
		A block of eight shore dwellings for the keepers and families of Skelligs and Inishtearaght were built at Knightstown, Valentia Island, at the turn of the century by Mr W.H. Jones of Dunmanway for £7570.
	www.skelligsrock.com /lighthouse.htm (1806 words)

	scuba diving ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Blaskets, the most Westerly Islands in Europe, are a cluster of seven islands, inlets and rocks.
		The most Northerly Island has excellent diving on the Easterly face and in the cove on the South West face 15-20m with nice gullies and lots of life including seals.
		This island has excellent diving and large schools of fish especially beneath the lighthouse and along the ridges and gullies of the North face.
	www.tempoweb.com /diveireland/dingle.htm (1134 words)

	Extreme points of the European Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Although Rockall is located within the European continental shelf and hence can be considered a European island, its political status is uncertain, as it is claimed by several countries.
		If Rockall is not considered part of the European Union the westernmost point is Tearaght Island, Ireland.
		Although the whole of Cyprus became part of the European Union on 1 May 2004, EU legislation only applies to the Republic of Cyprus, the Greek southern part of the island.
	www.ceca.de /encyclopedia/e/ex/extreme_points_of_the_european_union.html (202 words)

	Inishtearaght (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This Blasket Island lighthouse is the most westerly in Europe.
		Known to some as The Tearaght, it is 84 meters above high water and has a range of 27 sea miles.
		On its slopes is the most westerly railway in Europe, used to raise provisions to the lighthouse keepers.
	www.bonus.com /contour/lighthouses/http@@/www.lighthousegetaway.com/lights/eagle/eagle10-30.html (91 words)

	Extreme points of Ireland Definition / Extreme points of Ireland Research
		It is composed of the Republic of Ireland which covers five sixths of the island (south, east and west) and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, which covers the northeastern sixth of the island.
		Southernmost Point — Fastnet Fastnet Rock (51°23.′3″ N 9°36.′1″ W) is a small clay-slate island with quartz veins and the most southerly point of the Republic of Ireland, 6.5 km southwest of Clear Island in County Cork, which is itself 8 miles (13 km) from the mainland.
		Westernmost Point —; Tearaght Island Tearaght Island is an uninhabited island situated to the west of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry.
	www.elresearch.com /Extreme_points_of_Ireland (311 words)

	Ireland Geographical Facts, Figures and Physical Extremities
		The most easterly point is Big Bow Meel Island, which is a rock situated 900 metres off the Ards Peninsula, county Down, at longitude 5.42ºW. Of mainland Ireland, the most easterly point is Burr Point, Ards Peninsula, county Down at longitude 5.43ºW. It is situated 2 km southeast of the village of Ballyhalbert.
		The most westerly point is Tearaght Island, which lies in the Atlantic Ocean 12.5 km west of Dingle Peninsula, county Kerry.
		Besides Ireland itself (82,463 km²) the largest offshore island in Irish waters is Achill island, county Mayo, with an area of 148 km² (57 miles²).
	www.wesleyjohnston.com /users/ireland/geography/extremities.html (1173 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 411 - 30 October, 1991 - Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Number of Inhabited ...
		Brady): There were 75 islands off the coast of Ireland returned as inhabited during the 1986 census of population.
		The relevant population of each of these islands is set out in a table which I propose to circulate in the Official Report.
		In some cases the areas of land concerned may not, strictly speaking, be considered as islands* since they are connected to the mainland by a causeway or bridge, or may be reached by land at low tide.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0411/D.0411.199110300009.html (205 words)

	British Isles Information
		The islands encompass an area south to north from Pednathise Head to Out Stack, Shetland in the United Kingdom, and west to east from the Tearaght Island in the Republic of Ireland to Lowestoft Ness in the United Kingdom, containing more than 6,000 islands, amounting to a total land area of 315,134 km² (121,674 sq.
		The history of the islands is one of emergence of nations, and tends to be considered on a national basis.
		In 1140 the Hebridean Islands, the Isle of Man and Antrim came under the Norse-Gael rule of the Lord of the Isles who kept a varying degree of independence until the title was forfeited by the crown in 1493.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/British_Isles (4722 words)

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