1. Exploration of the Faroe Channel, during the Summer of 1880, in H.M.'s hired ship “Knight Errant.”
The region known as the Faroe Channel is that portion of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the mainland of Scotland, which is bounded on the N.W. by the Faroe Islands, with their south-west-ward extending fishing-banks, and on the S.E. and S. by the Shetland and Orkney Islands, the shores of Caithn...
| Published in: | Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0370164600047994 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0370164600047994 |
| Summary: | The region known as the Faroe Channel is that portion of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the mainland of Scotland, which is bounded on the N.W. by the Faroe Islands, with their south-west-ward extending fishing-banks, and on the S.E. and S. by the Shetland and Orkney Islands, the shores of Caithness and Sutherland, and the Hebrides. The Faroe Islands are composed of basaltic rocks, while the north of Scotland, and the Scottish Islands, are chiefly made up of Laurentian gneiss, Silurian, and Devonian rocks. |
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