Eas Fors
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Eas Fors is a waterfall on the island of Mull
Isle of Mull
The Isle of Mull or simply Mull is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute....

 in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It is situated on the Ardow Burn south of Dervaig.

The name is tautologous: eas is Gaelic for waterfall, and fors or foss is also Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

for waterfall, so "Eas Fors waterfall" means "waterfall, waterfall, waterfall."
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