Salt Island (Ynys Halen in Welsh) is an island joined to Holy Island, itself an island joined to Anglesey in North Wales. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic Holy Island ( Welsh: Ynys Gybi, 'the island of (Saint Cybi ' is an Island ( on the western side of History There are numerous Megalithic monuments and Menhirs present on Anglesey testifying to the presence of mankind in prehistory North Wales (Gogledd Cymru is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England. It is a natural provider of shelter for the towns Old Harbour from the Irish Sea. The Irish Sea ( Irish: Muir Éireann or Muir Meann; Scottish Gaelic: Muir Eireann Welsh: Môr Iwerddon,
History
The island gained it name by a factory located on it which which processed sea water in order to extract sea salt. Seawater is Water from a Sea or Ocean. On average seawater in the world's oceans has a Salinity of about 3 Sea salt, obtained by evaporating Seawater, is used in Cooking and Cosmetics. By the early 18th century the sea salt was often mixed with rock salt (often smuggled onto the island) to increase the quality of the factory's product. Halite is the Mineral form of Sodium chloride, Na[[chlorine Cl]] commonly known as rock salt. The factory ceased production in 1775.
Another building no longer standing on the island was the Stanley Sailor's Hospital. This hospital was set up in 1871 by a local philanthropist and initially only treated sailors although it quickly became a general hospital. A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for It was taken over by the National Health Service in 1948 and closed it's doors in 1987. The National Health Service is the name commonly used to refer to the four Publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom collectively or individually (although
There have been three lighthouses located on the island. A lighthouse is a Tower, building or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or in older times from a fire and used as an The current house, the Holyhead Mail Pier Light is a conical white house which was built in 1821. It is however no longer in use although it is used as a navigation reference for sailors. Before the conversion to electricity a gas works was located on the island to power the lighthouses, the piers and even part of Holyhead itself. Holyhead ( IPA /ˈhɒlihɛd/ Welsh: Caergybi, "the fort of Saint Cybi " is the largest town in the county of The works were constructed at a cost of £130,000, an astronomical fee at the time.
In more recent times, starting in February 2001, the island was expanded into the sea by the process of land reclamation. Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices One involves creating new land from sea- or riverbeds the other refers to restoring an area to a more natural state (such as after In total 11 acres was gained at a cost of £10 million. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U An average of 7,000 tonnes of rock and mud was extracted per day during the process.
The Island Today
It is part of the port of Holyhead and almost the whole extent of the island is used as a passenger, car and freight terminal and berths for ferries to and from Ireland. ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo Holyhead ( IPA /ˈhɒlihɛd/ Welsh: Caergybi, "the fort of Saint Cybi " is the largest town in the county of Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Both Irish Ferries and Stena Line sail from Salt Island to Dublin port and to Dún Laoghaire. Irish Continental Group plc,, trading as Irish Ferries, is a quoted Irish Ferry operator Stena Line is one of the world's largest ferry operators with Ferry services serving Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Great Britain Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Dún Laoghaire (in Irish d̪ˠuːn̪ˠ ˈɫeːrʲə sometimes spelled Dún Laoire; Anglicised as Dunleary, dʌn ˈlɪəri is a suburban The Holyhead lifeboat station is on the island and there is a 840 metre pier extending north into the sea. A lifeboat is a boat designed to save the lives of people in trouble at sea A pier is a raised Walkway over water supported by widely spread Piles or pillars. The Admiralty Arch, the end of the A5 which links London to Holyhead is located very close to the southern tip of the island. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. This was opened in 1826 when the last section of the road the Menai Suspension Bridge was completed. The Menai Suspension Bridge, or Pont Grog y Borth in Welsh, is a Suspension bridge between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales There is a beach on the island which was open to the public but was shut in 2003 due to the increasing terror threat and still hasn't reopen.
External links
- Map sources for Salt Island, Anglesey
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