Orkney Islands
Americanplural noun
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At sites with "healthy, clear water" like the Isles of Scilly off Cornwall and the Orkney Islands "we were finding much more life", Unsworth said.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
His big break came when he was taken on as a research diver with the British Antarctic Survey, stationed at Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
Orkney Islands, East Renfrewshire, Perth and Kinross, Aberdeenshire, East Dunbartonshire and City of Edinburgh all have a higher than average healthy life expectancy.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Orkney Islands Council, which has been pushing for historic MPA status for many years, assessed that the wrecks were vulnerable and there was a risk of losing "features of historical importance."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
It lay over Moray Firth and the east of Ross and Sutherland, and extended from Caithness to the Orkney Islands and S. Shetlands.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
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