This volcanic archipelago, with its spectacular landscapes, is situated off the coast of the Hebrides.
The Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) originally operated in the Hebrides and down the west coast.
The Hebrides also have a living ancient language: Gaelic is more widely spoken here than anywhere else in Scotland.
The Missing Link Campaign Group and the Hebrides Range Task Force jointly commissioned the survey.
Meanwhile, a cluster of small islands in the Inner Hebrides are being sold on the open market.
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You will be disappointed if you book a trip to the Scottish borders if your relatives were from the Outer Hebrides.
Margaret MacLeod, Harris Tweed Hebrides market development director, said there was potential demand for the fabric in North America.
The UK government scheme applies to the Hebrides, Northern Isles, islands in the Clyde and the Isles of Scilly.
At the beginning of the summer it was even drier, with drought conditions for some of the Outer Hebrides.
They were part of the cargo on the SS Politician, which sank off Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides in 1941.
The announcement on the Clyde and Hebrides routes was followed by criticism from a senior councillor on the Western Isles.
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Uninhabited since 1930, it bears the evidence of more than 2, 000 years of human occupation in the extreme conditions prevalent in the Hebrides.
The MoD said in July that the future of the Hebrides Range was secure for at least the next five years.
The Hebrides Range Task force involves local authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
Hedgehogs are suspected of having returned to areas of the Hebrides where they had previously been removed from, Scottish Natural Heritage has said.
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Tiree in the Inner Hebrides recorded 129mm of rain - again more than had fallen in July in any other year this decade.
Brian Wilson, chairman of Harris Tweed Hebrides, said Russia "ticked all the boxes" in terms of climate and respect for quality heritage products.
The Hebrides Range Task Force said the MoD was opposing renewable projects planned for Uist because the turbines may interfere with military equipment.
The Outer Hebrides Transport Group said removing road equivalent tariff (RET) from freight would lead to a 175% increase in travel costs from April.
Harris Tweed Hebrides, which accounts for 90% of production, has teamed up with an international advertising firm in an effort to resurrect the market.
Chief executive Ian Angus MacKenzie said Harris Tweed Hebrides had just had its biggest single order from the US since the company started in 2007.
"This indicates that the wave power resource off the Outer Hebrides is even better than what was thought to be the case, " said Mr Vogler.
Lewis-based Harris Tweed Hebrides was one of 10 textile firms that took part in Style: Scotland, which was held in the British Embassy in Moscow.
Hial's airports in the Highlands, Northern Isles, Argyll, Dundee and the Hebrides connect to a network of more than 30 destinations in the UK and abroad.
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The collectors' items were part of the cargo on the 8, 000-tonne SS Politician, which sank off the shores of Eriskay, in the outer Hebrides, in 1941.
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Kaylee McIntosh, 14, from Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, drowned after becoming trapped under a boat during a training exercise in Loch Carnan in the Outer Hebrides in 2007.
Taken as a whole, it has grown to become an almost indispensable resource for planning a trip to Scotland, with dispatches from Edinburgh to the Inner Hebrides.
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The previous year Fowlis, who grew up in North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, became the first Scottish Gaelic artist to appear on Later... with Jools Holland.
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Islands in community ownership include Gigha in the Inner Hebrides.
The mysterious archipelago, 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986, and has since become the subject of ornithological study, archaeological fascination and popular intrigue.
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