Orkney Islands
Americanplural noun
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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
Gary Foubister, of Orkney Islands Council trading standards, said people could contact his office if they were concerned about unexpected deliveries.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
Among them was Orkney Islands Council which agreed a 15% increase to council tax - the largest in the country.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025
The tank was built with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, which awarded £80,000 to Orkney Islands Council to help preserve the wreck.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024
About eight o'clock, only an hour after the party embarked, a mine or torpedo struck the Hampshire when she was two miles from land between Merwick Head and Borough Brisay, west of the Orkney Islands.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
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