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Sentence Examples Feral cats have been removed from Ascension Island, Arctic foxes from many islands in the Aleutian Islands, and rats from Campbell Island. After the fall of Carthage, the islands seem to have been virtually independent. Most of these birds breed on isolated islands and rocks and thus are hard to observe. This is because there is a large area of ocean in the Southern Hemisphere, and more islands suitable for seabirds to nest. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. The islands had a very mixed population, of whose habits several strange stories are told. In the wake of the rebellion the clan system was broken up and islands of the Hebrides became a series of landed estates. The Gulf of Morbihan is a vast natural harbour with some forty islands that is almost a closed sea. Mumbles Head is served by Mumbles Lighthouse, which sits on the further of two small islands off the head. Beaches in Southeast Asia, India, islands in the western Pacific, and Central America are where Green sea turtles breed. The islands are administratively part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Some islands lie on sections of continental crust that have rifted and drifted apart from a main continental landmass. Granite islands include Seychelles and Tioman and volcanic islands such as Saint Helena. There is also a tradition that the islands were colonised by Rhodes after the Trojan War. The islands played a significant naval role during the world wars of the 20th century. However, both during and after Somerled's life the Scottish monarchs sought to take a control of the islands he and his descendants held. On the islands of Komodo, Rinca, and Flores, the boar's main predator is the Komodo dragon. The islands council areas continued in use and, therefore, Scotland now has 32 council areas. The airport opened in 1934, established by Eric Gandar Dower, intended to link the northern islands of Scotland with London. This ferry service operates to other islands including the Gulf Islands and Haida Gwaii. Show More Sentences Since then he has reportedly been spotted in a market in Goa, India, and on the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. The east coast of the African continent hosts a few nesting grounds, including islands in the waters around Madagascar. Continental islands lie outside the andesite line and include New Guinea, the islands of New Zealand, and the Philippines. Few islands are favorable for breeding, and those that are tend to be crowded. The islands were bought in 1856 by the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, which later became known as the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. Other islands such as Great Britain were joined to the mainlands of their continents. A hotspot is more or less stationary relative to the moving tectonic plate above it, so a chain of islands results as the plate drifts. This includes the Uists themselves and the islands linked to them by causeways and bridges. Sicily and its surrounding small islands have some highly active volcanoes. The islands have a Mediterranean climate, and the four major islands are all popular tourist destinations. Coastal cairns called sea marks are also common in the northern latitudes, and are placed along shores and on islands and islets. These Amur River islands were until then administered by Russia and claimed by China. There follows a listing of the derivation of all the inhabited islands in the Northern Isles. Some of the islands have development trusts that support the local economy. As in Loch Tay, several of the islands appear to be crannogs, artificial islands built in prehistoric periods. If these sites are not available northern gannets will nest in groups on islands or flat surfaces. The mammalian species in the islands include the introduced Central American agouti and eight species of bats. The islands areas were unitary local government areas, exercising the powers of both a regional and district council. The parts of the islands that are not permanently covered in snow or ice are part of the Scotia Sea Islands tundra ecoregion. The festival was first held in 1980, on the Scottish islands of South Uist and Benbecula. Show More Sentences This is a list of islands of Wales, the mainland of which is part of Great Britain, as well as a table of the largest Welsh islands by area. In the German Bight, colonies exist off the islands Sylt and Amrum and on Heligoland. A series of six passages separates each of the islands or island groups in the chain. Pottery has been found in archaeological sites across the islands of Oceania. At the mouth of the lough are several small rock and shingle islands which are breeding areas for terns that feed in its shallow waters. Many islands worldwide are known as Turtle Island due to green sea turtles nesting on their beaches. The remaining islands are six villages, with Niijima and Shikinejima forming one village. The islands entirely within the Pacific Ocean can be divided into three main groups known as Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. Large populations move with the season down the West Coast of Canada and may winter on the islands in Washington and Oregon. Harbor seals are normally found along the Atlantic Coast and islands from Maine southward to Massachusetts. Four Typhoon aircraft provide air defence for the islands and surrounding territories and have a secondary ground attack role. Most of New York City is built on the three islands of Long Island, Manhattan, and Staten Island. Lundy gives its name to a British sea area and is one of the islands of England. As a cultural construct, the concept of a continent may go beyond the continental shelf to include oceanic islands and continental fragments. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago, such as the Philippines, for example. These islands arise from volcanoes where the subduction of one plate under another is occurring. The islands are geographically coextensive with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. Control of the islands was then held by clan chiefs, principal of whom were the MacLeods, MacDonalds, Mackenzies and MacNeils. In his benign aspect, Poseidon was seen as creating new islands and offering calm seas. Almost all of the Earth's islands are natural and have been formed by tectonic forces or volcanic eruptions. Show More Sentences There are many minor islands and islets close to the larger islands, including Cabrera, Dragonera and S'Espalmador. The extinction of the dwarf hippos and dwarf elephants has been linked to the earliest arrival of humans on the islands of the Mediterranean. At the beginning of recorded history, the islands were inhabited by the Picts, whose language was Brythonic. The islands of the Caribbean Netherlands enjoy a tropical climate with warm weather all year round. The region of islands between his line and New Guinea is now termed Wallacea. It is well developed, with each of the major islands having at least one significant port city. However, these islands provide breeding grounds for many important seabird species including the world's largest colony of northern gannets. Ferries serve both to link Orkney to the rest of Scotland, and also to link together the various islands of the Orkney archipelago. Over millions of years, the sediment deposits added to the islands until the gaps were completely filled. Control of the islands was then held by various clan chiefs, principally the MacLeans, MacLeods and MacDonalds. Following Haakon's death later that year Norway ceded the islands of western Scotland to the Scottish crown in 1266 by the Treaty of Perth. Contemporary musicians associated with the islands include Ian Anderson, Donovan and Runrig. Other islands in the Firth of Clyde include Bute, Great Cumbrae and Inchmarnock. The loch islands of Inchmurrin, Creinch, Torrinch, and Inchcailloch all form part of the Highland Boundary Fault. Apart from the main island of Anguilla itself, the territory includes a number of other smaller islands and cays, mostly tiny and uninhabited. Eight of the larger islands are connected by bridges, and are the populated islands. Membership is open to residents of the two islands whose names appear on the voting register. However, the islands are neither an incorporated part of the United Kingdom, nor are they considered to be independent or associated states. In the subsequent centuries, the islands were claimed by several European powers with the British Empire eventually gaining control. Neither the islands nor their EEZs are the subject of any current international dispute. Show More Sentences The Cayman Islands national cricket team represents the islands in international cricket. They are home to large bird populations, although many no longer breed on the main islands because of competition from introduced species. Various menhirs and dolmens are located around the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo. The Irish Sea area includes a large number of offshore rocks and islands and is notorious for strong tides. The most important colonies, with a total of more than 300,000 pairs, are on islands off Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Its domesticated form, the ferret, was introduced in Britain, and some Mediterranean islands and New Zealand. McCartney, the islands adopted a constitution on 30 August 1976, which is Constitution Day, the national holiday. For many years the islands were governed indirectly through Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Jamaica. Therefore, Embedded Language islands are under the constraint of Matrix Language grammar. The chief of the Dahlak islands exported slaves, as well as amber and leopard hides, to the then ruler of Yemen. At higher elevations, the islands are permanently covered with ice and snow. Local guidance should be sought if walking to Chapel or Piel islands as fast tides and quicksand can be extremely dangerous. At the mouth of the lough are several small rock and shingle islands which are of importance to terns. These typically include sheltered environments such as embankments, estuaries and the leeward side of barrier islands and spits. These mongeese were soon in demand all through the islands as rat-catchers. To Barber, Diego Garcia and other acquired islands would play a key role in maintaining US dominance. In 1275 the Byzantine Empire granted the islands of Chios and Samos to Genoa. Tsunamis, caused by underwater earthquakes, have devastated many islands and in some cases destroyed entire towns. Diego Garcia and the rest of the Chagos islands were uninhabited until the late 18th century. The CTA was suspended on the outbreak of war in 1939, and travel restrictions were introduced between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Show More Sentences Snow is also seen at a much higher frequency than on outlying islands nearby. The islands lie in the path of depressions moving northeast, making strong winds and heavy rain possible at all times of the year. Private air charter services operated by Island Birds Air Charter fly directly to all three islands from any major airport in the Caribbean. Here Barber designed the strategic island concept, where the US would obtain as many less populated islands as possible for military purposes. Most of the islands are volcanic in origin and have a hilly, rugged terrain. The main island is the largest of about 60 islands which form the Chagos Archipelago. Apart from Ushant, these are remote islands and mountains of Britain and Scandinavia and some places around the Baltic Sea. Acts of the UK Parliament are normally only extended to the islands only with their specific consent. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with the Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982, returning the islands to British control. The islands acquired commercial and political interests in the North American colonies. The islands form both Ogasawara Subprefecture and the village of Ogasawara, Tokyo. All islands retain their status as Overseas countries and territories and are thus not part of the European Union. By capturing the islands Magnus imposed a more direct royal control, although at a price. Continental islands are bodies of land that lie on the continental shelf of a continent. After 1791, the British islands produced the most sugar, and the British people quickly became the largest consumers. But by the time that Ortelius produced the first modern atlas in 1570, other islands such as Cape Verde were coming into use. Most of the islands have a bedrock formed from ancient metamorphic rocks and the climate is mild and oceanic. The 15 inhabited islands have a total population of 27,100 and there are more than 50 substantial uninhabited islands. The islands also provide a habitat for other important species such as corncrake, hen harrier, golden eagle and otter. Norse control of the Hebrides was formalised in 1098 when Edgar of Scotland formally signed the islands over to Magnus III of Norway. Show More Sentences Thus means that all the inhabited islands are now connected to at least one other island by a land transport route. The St Kilda wren is a subspecies of wren whose range is confined to the islands whose name it bears. In 1933, on a Greek islands cruise, he was introduced by Father D'Arcy to Gabriel Herbert, eldest daughter of the late explorer Aubrey Herbert. Although the language is extinct in Sicily, it has developed into what is now the Maltese language on the islands of Malta today. However the economic position of the islands remains relatively precarious. Gaelic music is popular in the islands and the Lewis and Harris Traditional Music Society plays an active role in promoting the genre. The country name New Zealand originated with Dutch cartographers, who called the islands Nova Zeelandia, after the Dutch province of Zeeland. In the wake of the rebellion, the clan system was broken up and islands of the Hebrides became a series of landed estates. All three islands offer scuba diving, and the Cayman Islands are home to several snorkelling locations where tourists can swim with stingrays. Though the straits were never completely closed, there may have been islands in between which could be reached using simple rafts. This type of tourism is growing on islands lacking sandy beaches and dense human populations. Parts of Sulawesi and some islands closer to Australia, such as Sumba is drier. In 1975 the islands were designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Exposure to Atlantic winds also means that spectacular winter gales lash the islands from time to time. The names of other individual islands reflect their complex linguistic history. Lengthy periods of continuous occupation notwithstanding, many of the smaller islands were abandoned. The derivations of all of the inhabited islands of the Hebrides and some of the larger uninhabited ones are listed below. The names of uninhabited islands follow the same general patterns as the inhabited islands. Nearly all of the islands have lochs, but the watercourses are merely streams draining the high land. The 15 inhabited islands have a total population of 26,900 and there are more than 50 substantial uninhabited islands. Show More Sentences The islands are home to a notable independence movement that has seen an increase in popularity within recent decades. The islands of Raasay, Rona, Scalpay and Pabay all lie to the north and east between Skye and the mainland. These islands are mostly uninhabited and protected as nature reserves, and are home to some unique wild flower species. East and West Burra, Muckle Roe, Papa Stour, Trondra and Vaila are smaller islands to the west of Mainland. The islands have been shaped by numerous glaciations during the Quaternary Period, the most recent being the Devensian. At least three now extinct native rodent species were present up until the discovery of the islands by Europeans. It also ensures that relevant UK legislation is extended to the islands smoothly. Vikings then used the islands as a base for pirate expeditions to Norway and the coasts of mainland Scotland. The islands are represented by the Shetland football team who regularly compete in the Island Games. The nationally scarce oysterplant is found on several islands and the British Red Listed bryophyte Thamnobryum alopecurum has also been recorded. This provision was used to exchange two islands on the River Thames between Richmond upon Thames and Surrey. Arran is now in the North Ayrshire council area, along with some of the constituent islands of the old County of Bute. Services connect to various other Caribbean islands via regional carrier LIAT, local charter airlines and others. More than 35 such islands have been identified in the Outer Hebrides alone. Renfrewshire and Ayrshire are on the other side of the Firth of Clyde, while Bute was a county comprising the islands in the firth. Both Spanish and Portuguese ships used the islands as a replenishment spot to take on fresh meat and water. Power, water and communications were disrupted for months in some areas as Ivan was the worst hurricane to hit the islands in 86 years. The islands have never levied income tax, capital gains tax, or any wealth tax, making them a popular tax haven. The remains of these islands underlie much of central England with small outcrops visible in many places. From 454 to 464 the islands was subdued by the Vandals, and after 464 by the Ostrogoths. Show More Sentences Other islands were found to have terrain unsuited for agriculture, for example Dominica, which remains heavily forested. Neolithic farmers then settled on its coast and built the dolmens and menhirs found in the islands today. The steamer provides pleasure trips between the Welsh and English coasts and to the islands of the channel. Foreign policy is controlled by the United Kingdom, as the islands remain an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The islands and headlands provide some shelter for the upper reaches of the channel from storms. At various times, the islands have had French, British, Spanish, and Argentine settlements. The archipelago's two main islands are separated by the Falkland Sound, and its deep coastal indentations form natural harbours. In 58 AD, Paul the Apostle was washed up on the islands together with Luke the Evangelist after their ship was wrecked on the islands. However, the difference is most dramatic in the western coastal islands of Scotland. Two main islands, West Falkland and East Falkland, and about 776 smaller islands constitute the archipelago. He theorised that as the land rose, oceanic islands sank, and coral reefs round them grew to form atolls. Gannets are colonial breeders on islands and coasts, normally laying one chalky, blue egg. Virtually the entire land area of the islands is used as pasture for sheep. The largest single puffin colony in the world is in Westmann Isles, islands that belong to Iceland. Established in 1905, they operated in the Maltese islands up to 2011 and became popular tourist attractions in their own right. Guernsey, with its sandy beaches, cliff walks, seascapes and offshore islands has been a tourist destination since at least the Victorian days. Some Caribbean islands have terrain that Europeans found suitable for cultivation for agriculture. Sea transport is crucial and a variety of ferry services operate between the islands and to mainland Scotland. The islands form an archipelago whose major islands are Lewis and Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra. Numerous bays along the indented coastline of the islands provide good harbours. Show More Sentences On 4 July 1959, the islands were again designated as a separate colony, the last commissioner being restyled administrator. For several decades around the turn of the 18th century, the islands became popular pirate hideouts. The last recorded Bishop of Malta before the invasion of the islands was a Greek named Manas, who was subsequently incarcerated at Palermo. Many of the ecosystems of the Caribbean islands have been devastated by deforestation, pollution, and human encroachment. Due to this significance, the islands are on the United Kingdom's tentative list for future UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The islands produce and consume about 5 GWh of electricity, per year, all of which comes from fossil fuels. A small population of humpback whales which has been poorly studied annually migrate to the islands to winter and breed. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are a collection of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. There has been a continuous movement of people between the islands of Ireland and Great Britain due to their proximity. This realm was variously held to be located on a set of islands or underground. Some uninhabited islands are protected as nature reserves and some are privately owned. Fortified islands could be added to the moat, adding another layer of defence. The Komodo dragon is the largest living species of lizard and inhabits the islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang in Indonesia. Saint George is also one of the patron saints of the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo although this has been contested. In the past many smaller islands that are uninhabited today had permanent populations. Across all the islands society was effectively entirely rural, buildings were rudimentary, and architecture has no Insular style. Kuwaiti islands are important breeding areas for four species of tern and the socotra cormorant. Trade, and therefore knowledge, extended to the Indonesian islands but apparently not Australia. In general, it is becoming less valid to regard the Faroes as a society based on separate islands and regions. Historians believe that before their arrival, most of Jutland and the nearest islands were settled by tribal Jutes. Show More Sentences The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. In the popular conception, such islands are often located in the Pacific, tropical, uninhabited and usually uncharted. The islands also have representation in the Nordic Council as members of the Danish delegation. Copenhagen and its multiple outlying islands have a wide range of folk traditions. Control of the islands reverted to Denmark following the war, but in 1948 home rule was introduced, with a high degree of local autonomy. The islands are windy, cloudy and cool throughout the year with an average of 210 rainy or snowy days per year. Residents of these three islands are also able to vote in Dutch national and European elections. Though the influence of the islands in Kingdom affairs is limited, it certainly exists. The study would also look into how the islands would fare under UPR status. The Dutch government has guaranteed that the people on the islands will be able to elect Senate members, and is considering options for this. Following the Great Polynesian Migration, European explorers visited the islands of French Polynesia on several occasions. The Caribbean islands have a tropical climate, with warm weather all year round. The British islands were considered principally a strategic possession, but were planted when economic conditions were particularly favourable. Rangiroa and Fakarava in the Tuamotu islands are the most famous spots in the area. Evidence for Roman settlement is sparse, although evidently the islands were visited by Roman officials and traders. The islands decided not to join the European Economic Community when the UK joined, and remain outside. The following table shows population trends for the ten most populous islands as of the last census. The territory has also been recently relieving immigrants from many islands in Lesser Antilles. Many Spaniards, initially refugees from the Spanish Civil War, were brought to the islands to build fortifications. In 933, the islands were granted to William I Longsword by Raoul King of Western Francia and annexed to the Duchy of Normandy. Show More Sentences The islands are notable for the absence of trees, which is partly accounted for by the amount of wind. In 1483 a Papal bull decreed that the islands would be neutral during time of war. The other islands in the group are classified as north or south of the Mainland. Each jurisdiction has inhabited and uninhabited islands and its own elected government. Much of the archipelago is a protected habitat, including both the islands and the surrounding waters. There are other islands in the English Channel which are not part of the Channel Islands. We look forward to working with all parties across these islands in the years ahead. Some islanders called for separate referendums to be held in the islands on 25 September 2014, one week after the Scottish referendum. The parliament of Guernsey and of the nearby inhabited islands of Herm, Jethou and Lihou is the States of Guernsey. An island country is a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. Tiree was famed in later times for its oats and barley, while smaller, uninhabited islands were used to keep sheep. According to older theories, the Insular Celtic languages spread throughout the islands in the course of the insular Iron Age. As Britain rose in naval power and settled continental North America and some islands of the West Indies, they became the leading slave traders. The French and Spanish successfully took several West Indian islands and appeared to be on the verge of completely expelling the British there. The ancestors of today's Poles, the Polanie, built their first fortresses on islands in these lakes. For example, Scotland has more than 700 islands surrounding its mainland which form an archipelago. Although the feared tidal surge had not occurred, radioactive contamination of the islands was widespread and severe. The islands were assessed as suitable for atomic testing, but, for climatic reasons, only in October. This is a continuing list of uninhabited Scottish islands smaller than 40 hectares in size. This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain. Show More Sentences Conversely, islands such as Tiree, Skye and Eigg experienced increases in their respective populations over the same decade. Outlying islands include St Kilda and Rockall the status of which is disputed. The 2011 census records 94 Scottish islands as having a usually resident population of which 89 are offshore islands. Subsequently, there has been modest growth overall, although some islands are continuing to show a decline. The last three named plus two islands in Argyll and Bute are freshwater rather than offshore. There are a small number of other islands that are evidently inhabited but which are not recorded in this list. There are various small archipelagos which may be better known than the larger islands they contain. The main islands include Barra, Benbecula, Berneray, Harris, Lewis, North Uist, South Uist, and St Kilda. Similarly, four Orkney islands are joined to the Orkney Mainland by a series of causeways known as the Churchill Barriers. Many of the islands of the southern Outer Hebrides have been joined to other islands by causeways and bridges. There are several small Scottish islands that are dominated by a castle or other fortification. Today the economy of the islands is dependent on crofting, fishing, tourism, the oil industry, and renewable energy. Some of these were river islands in their time, or dry land surrounded by marsh. The castle is often better known than the island, and the islands themselves are often tidal or bridged. All the Sea Islands have what are called dividings, shoal areas behind the barrier islands where the tides meet and divide. Similarly, Britain, can refer to either all islands in Great Britain, the largest island, or the political grouping of counties. Once upon a time, as the fairybooks say, there was a swamp along the islands guarding Miami, Fla., from the sea. At 1057 we were just over the islands and at 1100 the tail gunner reported flak at six o'clock, below. The islands are famous among birdwatchers for their ability to attract rare birds from all corners of the globe. The coasts and surrounding islands are home to colonies of gannets, Manx shearwater, puffins, kittiwakes, shags and razorbills. Show More Sentences Around the edges of the North Sea are sizeable islands and archipelagos, including Shetland, Orkney, and the Frisian Islands. The German troops on the islands surrendered on 9 May 1945, a few days after the final surrender in mainland Europe. The group of islands were claimed for the English Crown, and the charter of the Virginia Company was later extended to include them. The largest islands in the Bristol Channel are Lundy, Steep Holm and Flat Holm. The islands of Annet and Samson have large terneries and the islands are well populated by seals. The area of East Nusa Tenggara province included the western part of Timor island, Flores, Sumba and other several small islands in the region. It is likely that until relatively recent times the islands were much larger and perhaps joined together into one island named Ennor. In early times one group of islands was in the possession of a confederacy of hermits. By 1651 the Royalist governor, Sir John Grenville, was using the islands as a base for privateering raids on Commonwealth and Dutch shipping. The islands appear to have been raided frequently by Barbary pirates to enslave residents to support the Barbary slave trade. Politically, the islands are part of England, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. English is spoken by communities on every continent and on oceanic islands in all the major oceans. All the islands of Scilly are all composed of granite rock of early Permian age, an exposed part of the Cornubian batholith. Around St Mary's several minor islands become accessible, including Taylor's Island on the west coast and Tolls Island on the east coast. However the islands are still considered to be part of the ceremonial county of Cornwall. The expedition reached the islands with great difficulty, docking at Tidore. Spiritual rituals frequently occurred in consecrated groves or upon islands on lakes where perpetual fires burned. After Reverend David Easton left the islands in 2009, the series continued under the same name but focused elsewhere. Vikings made the islands the headquarters of their pirate expeditions carried out against Norway and the coasts of mainland Scotland. The islands offer a wide range of options for both beginners and elite players. Show More Sentences The islands were fully Christianised by Olav Tryggvasson in 995 when he stopped at South Walls on his way from Ireland to Norway. Due to their history, the islands have a Norse, rather than a Gaelic flavour, and have historic links with the Faroes, Iceland, and Norway. In the Caribbean, intending to damage British trade, the French blockaded the lucrative sugar islands of Barbados and Jamaica. In May, Spanish troops captured the Bahamas, although the British bloodlessly recaptured the islands the following year on 18 April. There are links to various nearby islands by ferry and, since 1995, to the mainland by a road bridge. This also explains bones remains in the Arctic Coast and islands of the New Siberian Group. Fighting continued on Luzon, Mindanao, and other islands of the Philippines until the end of the war. There are about 136 permanently inhabited islands in the group, the largest two being Great Britain and Ireland. Villeneuve had briefly cruised around the islands before heading back to Europe, in contravention of Napoleon's orders. Their estates were forfeited, and the Orkney and Shetland islands were annexed to the Crown. However, these islands were judged to be too far away from the Maldives to be settled permanently by them. Italy had occupied the Dodecanese islands in 1912, but Italian occupation ended after World War II, and the islands were integrated into Greece. The islands have produced a variety of writers of prose and poetry, often in the distinct Shetland dialect of Scots. British rule ended in Cyprus in 1960, and Malta in 1964, and both islands became independent republics. The islands enjoy a mild climate and varied soils, giving rise to a diverse pattern of vegetation. No new constituency straddled a regional boundary, and no islands council area was divided between two constituencies. Rugby union is also widely enjoyed across the islands with four national teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In addition, some civil bodies are organised throughout the islands as a whole. By the terms of the Treaty of Amiens of 1802, Great Britain returned ownership of the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe to the French. In 1236, James traded most of the islands to Peter I, Count of Urgell for Urgell, which he incorporated into his kingdom. Find more words! 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