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  2. Isle of Arran - Wikipedia

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    Map of Arran. The island to the east is Holy Island and the tiny island to the south is Pladda. Arran is connected to the Scottish mainland by two ferry routes operated by Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac). The Brodick to Ardrossan service is provided by MV Caledonian Isles, with additional summer sailings by MV Isle of Arran.

  3. Hutton's Unconformity - Wikipedia

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    Hutton's Unconformity is a name given to various notable geological sites in Scotland identified by the 18th-century Scottish geologist James Hutton as places where the junction between two types of rock formations can be seen. This geological phenomenon marks the location where rock formations created at different times and by different ...

  4. Highland Boundary Fault - Wikipedia

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    Map published in 1912 by George Barrow [5] showing what became known as the Highland Boundary Fault. One of the earliest and most prominent references to the Highland Boundary Fault was by George Barrow in 1912 ʻOn the Geology of Lower Dee-side and the Southern Highland Borderʼ, which highlights the nature of the rocks accompanying the Highland Border and describes the mineral zones ...

  5. Geology of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    A president of the Geological Society from 1815 to 1817, he is best remembered for producing the first geological map of Scotland, published in 1836. 'MacCulloch's Tree', a 40-foot (12 m) high fossil conifer in the Mull lava flows, is named after him. [57] [58] Charles Lyell

  6. Islands of the Clyde - Wikipedia

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    As a result of Arran's geological similarity to Scotland, it is sometimes referred to as "Scotland in miniature" and the island is a popular destination for geologists. They come to Arran to study its intrusive igneous landforms, such as sills and dykes, as well as its sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks, which range widely in age. [7]

  7. List of geological features on Europa - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of named geological features on Europa, a moon of the planet Jupiter. Craters and lineae are listed on separate pages: ... Arran Chaos / ˈ ær ə n ...

  8. Gravity anomalies of Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Isle of Arran; Lundy; Anton Dohrn Seamount; Rosemary Bank; The discovery of another volcanic centre, the wholly submarine Blackstones Bank Central Complex, was achieved through combining the results of magnetic, seismic and gravity surveys; its large positive gravity anomaly suggesting that it was a candidate site for further research. [8]

  9. Holy Island, Firth of Clyde - Wikipedia

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    The Holy Island or Holy Isle (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean MoLaise) is an island in the Firth of Clyde, off the west coast of central Scotland, inside Lamlash Bay on the larger Isle of Arran. The island is around 3 kilometres (1 + 7 ⁄ 8 mi) long and around 1 kilometre (5 ⁄ 8 mi) wide. Its highest point is the hill Mullach Mòr.