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St Ninian's Isle is a small tied island connected by the largest tombolo in the UK to the south-western coast of the Mainland, Shetland, in Scotland. It is part of the civil parish of Dunrossness on the South Mainland. The tombolo, known locally as an ayre from the Old Norse for "gravel bank", is 500 metres long. During the summer the tombolo is above sea level and accessible to walkers. During winter, stronger wave action removes sand from the beach so that it is usually covered at high tide, and occasionally throughout the tidal cycle, until the sand is returned the following spring. Depending on the definition used, St. Ninian's is thus either an island, or a peninsula; it has an area of about 72 hectares.

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  • Saint-Ninian (fr)
  • St Ninian's Isle (it)
  • 聖ニニアンの島 (ja)
  • St Ninian's Isle (en)
  • St Ninian's Isle (sv)
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  • 聖ニニアンの島 (St Ninian's Isle) は、イギリス最大の陸繋砂州(トンボロ)でスコットランド シェトランド本島の南西の海岸と繋がった、小さな陸繋島である。 陸繋砂州は全長500m、古ノルド語の "じゃりの岸" から来た名前であるエア (ayre) として地元では知られている。夏の間、陸繋砂州は海面の上にあり、島へ歩いて渡ることができる。冬の間は強くなった波の力が砂を海岸から除いてしまい満潮時、時には潮汐サイクル全体で砂州は海面の下に沈んでおり、次の春に砂が戻ってくる。そのため、聖ニニアンの島は、定義づけ次第で島にも半島にも分類される。本島に渡った先には最寄りの集落である Bigton がある。中世前期の重要な金属工芸品(主に銀製)である「聖ニニアンの島の宝物」(St Ninian's Isle Treasure) が1958年に教会の床下から発見された。ツノメドリを含むたくさんの海鳥が島を訪れており、いくつかの種が営巣地としている。 行政教区 (Civil parishes in Scotland) 上は、シェトランド本島南部ダンロスネス (Dunrossness) の一部となっている。 (ja)
  • St Ninian's Isle är en ö i Storbritannien. Den ligger i rådsområdet Shetlandsöarna och riksdelen Skottland, i den norra delen av landet, 900 km norr om huvudstaden London. Arean är 0,72 kvadratkilometer. Terrängen på St Ninian's Isle är platt. Öns högsta punkt är 51 meter över havet. Klimatet i området är tempererat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 4 °C. Den varmaste månaden är augusti, då medeltemperaturen är 10 °C, och den kallaste är november, med 0 °C. (sv)
  • Saint-Ninian est une île-barrière du Royaume-Uni située dans l'archipel des Shetland. Le cordon littoral qui la relie à la côte sud-ouest des Shetland est le tombolo le plus long du Royaume-Uni. L'île est rattachée à la paroisse civile de . Son tombolo, qualifié localement d’ayre (mot emprunté au vieux norrois et signifiant « plage de cailloux »), a une longueur de 500 m. (fr)
  • St Ninian's Isle is a small tied island connected by the largest tombolo in the UK to the south-western coast of the Mainland, Shetland, in Scotland. It is part of the civil parish of Dunrossness on the South Mainland. The tombolo, known locally as an ayre from the Old Norse for "gravel bank", is 500 metres long. During the summer the tombolo is above sea level and accessible to walkers. During winter, stronger wave action removes sand from the beach so that it is usually covered at high tide, and occasionally throughout the tidal cycle, until the sand is returned the following spring. Depending on the definition used, St. Ninian's is thus either an island, or a peninsula; it has an area of about 72 hectares. (en)
  • St Ninian's Isle è una piccola isola tidale collegata dal più esteso tombolo attivo nel Regno Unito con la costa sud-occidentale di Mainland, nelle isole Shetland in Scozia. Il tombolo, conosciuto localmente come ayre, che proviene dall'antico norreno e significa "greto", è lungo 500 metri. Durante l'estate il tombolo si trova al di sopra del livello del mare ed è accessibile a chi desidera percorrerlo. Durante l'inverno, la forte azione delle onde rimuove la sabbia dalla spiaggia; a seconda della definizione utilizzata, St Ninian's Isle può pertanto essere definita come isola o come penisola. Ha un'area di circa 72 ettari e l'insediamento abitato più vicino è , su South Mainland. L'importante opera in metallo dell'Alto Medioevo, St Ninian's Isle Treasure, composta principalmente da argent (it)
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