Fair Island

Fair Island

Fair Island (spr. fǟr ailänd, eigentlich Farö, d. h. Schafinsel), steiles, 217 m hohes Inselchen inmitten des 78 km breiten Sundes zwischen den Orkney- und Shetlandinseln, mit 223 Einw., in deren Adern kastilisches Blut fließen soll, herrührend von dem Schiffbruch des Admiralschiffs der spanischen Armada 1588.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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