- The Gulf of
Corryvreckan (from the
Gaelic Coire Bhreacain,
meaning 'cauldron of the
speckled seas' or 'cauldron of the plaid'), also
called the Strait...
- The
Corryvreckan is a
narrow strait between the
islands of Jura and Scarba, in
Argyll and Bute, on the
northern side of the Gulf of
Corryvreckan, Scotland...
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Ardbeg consists of the
Ardbeg TEN, Wee Beastie, An Oa,
Uigeadail and
Corryvreckan. The TEN is
named after its age.
Uigeadail was
named after Loch Uigeadail...
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Between Jura's
northern tip and the
island of
Scarba lies the Gulf of
Corryvreckan,
where a
whirlpool makes p****age
dangerous at
certain states of the tide...
- route, the boat's
engine is flooded, and they are
nearly caught in the
Corryvreckan whirlpool, but
Torquil restarts the
motor just in time. The trio return...
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within the island's interior.
Between Scarba and Jura lies the Gulf of
Corryvreckan,
known for its whirlpool.
Writing in 1549, Dean
Monro wrote of "Skarbay"...
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winter by
washing her
great plaid (Gaelic: féileadh mòr) in the Gulf of
Corryvreckan (Gaelic:
Coire Bhreacain - 'whirlpool/cauldron of the plaid'). This process...
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constriction can be a p****age
where the
sides narrow, for
example the Gulf of
Corryvreckan and the
Saltstraumen maelstrom, or an
underwater obstruction (a reef...
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Tertiary volcanoes. Many of the
islands are
swept by
strong tides, and the
Corryvreckan tide race
between Scarba and Jura is one of the
largest whirlpools in...
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Breacan of
Lochlann are part of the
mythology of the
naming of the Gulf of
Corryvreckan (Scottish Gaelic:
Coire Bhreacain), a
whirlpool between the
islands of...
