Quiraing Sunrise
by Kenneth Cox
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Quiraing Sunrise
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Kenneth Cox
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Photograph - Photography
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The Quiraing is a landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish Ridge on the Isle of Skye. The whole of the Trotternish Ridge escarpment was formed by a great series of landslips; the Quiraing is the only part of the slip still moving, the road at its base near Flodigarry requires repairs each yearQuiraing (in Gaelic, Cuith-Raing) comes from Old Norse Kvi Rand, which means Round Fold.
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January 10th, 2019
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