The Minch
Map of the Hebrides with The Minch The Minch a. North Minch (formerly Polish exon: Scottish Sea, Gael An Cuan Sgìth, Cuan on Hearadh or An Cuan Lehdhasach) in the north-east of the Atlantic Ocean, on the northwestern coast of Scotland, between the Hebrides (islands of Lewis and Harris) in the west and the inner Hebrides (island of Skye) and the coast of Scotland in the east. In the south, the Little Minch Strait connects to the Hebridean Sea, to the north with the open ocean. naming
Until recently, the Polish term for the Strait of the Minch was recommended by the Polish exon "Scottish Sea". In this sense, it appears in the lists of Polish geographical nomenclature of the world in 1959 and Polish geographical names of the world in 1994. However, the Commission for the Standardization of Geographical Names (Borders) of the Republic of Poland agreed at its XLII meeting on 18 December 2008 that the name of the Scottish Sea would refer to a body of waters designated by the International Hydrographic Organization as the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland. Scotland "). This has to do with the fact that the name "Scottish Sea" in relation to the Strait of Minch is not used in other languages. In English, the waters off the west coast of Scotland and the north coast of Ireland are sometimes referred to as the Inner Scottish Sea ("Scottish Inland Sea"). Bibliography
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