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8/ Heading north we have another bit of Scottish #geoweirdness - the island Lewis and Harris (Leòdhas agus na Hearadh in Scottish Gaelic), which, despite the dual name is a single island. 🤔
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_an

The Island is part of the Outer Hebrides, the area with the highest concentration of Scottish Gaelic speakers
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish

Map showing Lewis and Harris off the west coast of Scotland
Map showing distribution of Scottish Gaelic speakers
21 March at 9:33 | Open on en.osm.town
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OpenCage 👉🌍

9/ Of course no mention of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish #geoweirdness would be complete without also mentioning that remote, uninhabited Rockall is - if you accept the British view - technically part of Scotland.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall

Ireland 🇮🇪 does not recognise the 🇬🇧 UK's territorial claim to Rockall.

picture of Rockall
Map showing location of Rockall
21 March at 9:36 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍

10/ Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and the striking Scottish landscapes have inspired many, not least British explorers as they mapped the world. To the annoyance of geocoding systems like ours - Scottish place names are common around the world.

Today Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland") is a province of Canada 🇨🇦
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Sco

New Caledonia 🇳🇨 (Caledonia being the Latin name for the Highlands) is a French 🇫🇷 island territory in the Pacific near Vanuatu 🇻🇺.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Cale

#geoweirdness

10/ Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and the striking Scottish landscapes have inspired many, not least British explorers as they mapped the world. To the annoyance of geocoding systems like ours - Scottish place names are common around the world.

Today Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland") is a province of Canada 🇨🇦
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Sco

Map of Nova Scotia
Map of New Caledonia
Map showing location of New Caledonia near Vanuatu
21 March at 9:39 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍

11/ In the 1690s, before unification with England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, there was a short-lived effort to establish a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish colony - with the main settlement being named New Edinburgh - in what is today Panama 🇵🇦.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darien_s

The settlement failed and 80% of the settlers died in the first year. The resulting financial weakness of the backers was one of the reasons for unification with England.

#geoweirdness

Map showing location of Caledonia Island in Panama
Zoomed out map showing the location of Caledonia Island in Panama
21 March at 9:44 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

12/ Finally we of course need to mention the "Great Polish Map of Scotland", a 50x40 meter concrete terrain relief model of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿(excluding the Northern Isles) built in the 1970s by 🇵🇱 Polish WWII veterans on the grounds of a hotel.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Po

And yes, of course the Great Polish Map of Scotland is itself well mapped in #OpenStreetMap

openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.711

#geoweirdness

12/ Finally we of course need to mention the "Great Polish Map of Scotland", a 50x40 meter concrete terrain relief model of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿(excluding the Northern Isles) built in the 1970s by 🇵🇱 Polish WWII veterans on the grounds of a hotel.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Po

Aerial photo showing the Great Polish Map of Scotland
The Great Polish Map of Scotland in OpenStreetMap
21 March at 9:46 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

11/ That's it for our look at 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland's #geoweirdness

Thanks for reading and boosting. What did we overlook?

We have more threads about specific countries, border disputes, geocoding, etc linked on our blog.
blog.opencagedata.com/geothrea

If you like Scotland (or dislike 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England) you may enjoy our thread about Ireland 🇮🇪
en.osm.town/@opencage/11142578

We hope you can make it to Geomob Edinburgh next week, hopefully the first of many to come. #geomobEDI
thegeomob.com/post/mar-26th-20

11/ That's it for our look at 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland's #geoweirdness

Thanks for reading and boosting. What did we overlook?

We have more threads about specific countries, border disputes, geocoding, etc linked on our blog.
blog.opencagedata.com/geothrea

If you like Scotland (or dislike 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England) you may enjoy our thread about Ireland 🇮🇪
en.osm.town/@opencage/11142578

Screenshot of the OpenCage blog page where we link to all our geothreads
21 March at 9:52 | Open on en.osm.town
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