Thoughts - Mr Minton's Islands Fixation
Minton, Shropshire UK - Windows Live Local Image
You are absolutely correct! This is not an island. At least, not an oceanic island. It is a populated island amidst farms and next to the Long Mynd in Shropshire UK. So your question is "Mr Minton, Why post this image?" It is merely a small cluster of houses. I don't know that it even deserves the name "village". But it is a village. It is one of the focal points for all Minton's scattered about the world. This place is "ground zero" for Minton's everywhere. Next to it is the Long Mynd, the geographical feature my family name comes from (Mynd-tun = village below the mountain).
Nice to know, but what does this have to do with islands?
Islands are mountain tops that happen to be surrounded by water. When sea level rises, as it will, due to global warming, islands will disappear while others will appear. If sea level rises enough to inundate the area surrounding the Long Mynd, a new island will appear - Mynd Island. I would call it Minton Island.
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