Scotland Gallery

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, ready for travel to Greenock

Front cover of Weekly Illustrated magazine, photograph showing the Queen Mary lying in the dock ay Clydebank in Scotland, from which she will have to be manoeuvred across the river into the mouth of the River Cart, so as to get her bow pointing seawards. An escort of tugs will take her down the river Clyde to Greenock, a run of about five hours. Date: March 1936

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An aerial view of the island of Out Skerries

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An aerial view of the island of Out Skerries, September 22, 2011. Out Skerries is a tiny, treeless island off the east coast of Scotland where the population is just 65. There are only seven children on the island making the school the smallest in the UK. The world's population will reach seven billion on 31 October 2011, according to projections by the United Nations. Picture taken September 22, 2011 REUTERS/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY)

The Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (also known as Mann) is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The island is not part of the United Kingdom, though the head of state is Queen Elizabeth II. Inhabited since 6500 BC, the island was influenced by Gaelic culture, settled by the Norse, was part of Scotland, and came under the feudal overlordship of the English Crown in 1399. The island's parliament, Tynwald, claims to be the oldest continuously existing ruling body in the world, possibly dating to the 10th century. The image was acquired May 1, 2001, covers an area of 29.4 x 49.5 km, and is located at 54.2 degrees north latitude, 4.5 degrees east longitude

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