Rinns of Islay
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The Rinns of Islay (Scottish Gaelic: Na Roinn Ìleach; alternative English spelling Rhinns of Islay) is an area on the west of the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
It is a peninsula that is attached to the main body of the island by a narrow isthmus towards its northern end. The main population centres are Port Charlotte and Portnahaven, based on the A847 that runs along its eastern coast.
It is designated a Special Protection Area due to its importance for a number of breeding and wintering birds, particularly Greenland white-fronted goose and chough. The significance of the area owes much to its wide variety of habitats including bog, moorland, dune grassland, maritime grassland, marsh and extensively-farmed agricultural land.
The Rinns of Islay lighthouse is located on the island of Orsay.
The Rhinns complex, a deformed igneous complex that is considered to form the basement to the Colonsay Group of metasedimentary rocks takes its name from the Rhinns of Islay.
See also
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Argyll and Bute". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ Rinns of Islay Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 20 May 2016
- ^ "Rinns of Islay". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
External links
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- Special Protection Area designation
- Northern Lighthouse Board
- Map sources for Rinns of Islay
55°44′22″N 6°26′19″W / 55.73954°N 6.43872°W / 55.73954; -6.43872
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