Gruinard Island - Wikipedia
Gruinard Island (/ ˈ ɡ r ɪ n j ər d / GRIN-yərd; [6] Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Ghruinneard) is a small, oval-shaped Scottish island approximately two kilometres (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles) long by one kilometre (5 ⁄ 8 mi) wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool. [7]
The mystery of Anthrax Island and the seeds of death - BBC
2022年2月26日 · For decades, Gruinard Island off the north west coast of Scotland was too dangerous to allow public access. It was known as "Anthrax Island" after it was contaminated during World War Two by...
The mystery of Anthrax Island and the seeds of death
2022年2月26日 · For decades, Gruinard Island off the north west coast of Scotland was too dangerous to allow public access. It was known as "Anthrax Island" after it was contaminated during World War Two by...
Why People Were Banned From The "Contaminated Monster" Of Gruinard Island
2024年11月22日 · On the jagged coast of Scotland lies an island that has stood deserted for decades, haunted by its legacy as a biological warfare testing ground during World War II. Gruinard Island is around 2...
Gruinard Island: Scotland’s 'Anthrax Island' - Sky HISTORY
One classified project that long remained mysterious took place on Gruinard Island – a small island in the northwest of Scotland. Unknown to the public at the time, scientists from the Porton Down government research facility were testing anthrax there for use in biological warfare.
Gruinard Island Loch Broom - Scot Islands
Gruinard island used to test anthrax and now a wild Scottish Island near skye and loch broom west coast of Scotland
Britain's mysterious WW2 'island of death' - BBC
2024年4月22日 · The truth was that Gruinard Island had been the site of a clandestine attempt by the UK during World War Two to weaponise anthrax, a deadly bacterial infection.
Gruinard Island - Atlas Obscura
2011年6月8日 · Gruinard Island Fifty years of contamination in Scotland's waters. Highland, Scotland
Gruinard Island
Gruinard Island, in Gruinard Bay, lies by the north Minch, just 1km off the north-western coast of the Scottish mainland. This small oval-shaped island is just 2 kilometres long and a kilometre wide. Treeless, cold and windswept, the island’s population fell to zero in the 1920s.
Gruinard Island - Gairlochmuseum
About 15 miles North of Gairloch you might notice Gruinard Island sitting just a few hundred metres from the shore. On sunny days this low-lying piece of land can look peaceful and idyllic, but the fact it's known locally as Anthrax Island ought to clue you in to the fact that a darker history lies hidden beneath its surface.