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Jura (Scottish Gaelic Diùra) is a Scottish island, in the Inner Hebrides. It lies just to the north of Islay. 'Diùrach' is the Gaelic name for a native of the island. In English this would be spelt 'Jurach'. However, there is no letter 'J' in Scottish Gaelic; "d" takes the sound of "j" when followed by a front vowel (e or i). Jura is designated as a National Scenic Area. Image File history File links Drawn by me File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Drawn by me File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x948, 328 KB) The island of Jura off the west coast of Scotland. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x948, 328 KB) The island of Jura off the west coast of Scotland. ... Scottish Gaelic (GÃ idhlig; IPA: ) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 kmÂ² 1. ... The Inner Hebrides are a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. ... Islay shown within Argyll. ... Scottish Gaelic (GÃ idhlig; IPA: ) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... Vowels Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a rounded vowel. ... National Scenic Area is a conservation designation specifically for Scotland, administered by Scottish Natural Heritage. ...

It is of a similar size to Islay, but is much less densely populated with around 160 inhabitants. The main settlement is at Craighouse [Taigh na Creige] on the east coast. The village of Craighouse is home to the island's one distillery, which makes Isle of Jura whisky. The village is also home to the island's only hotel, pub, shop and church. Craighouse is the main settlement on the Scottish Inner Hebridean Isle of Jura. ... Jura Scotch Whisky is whisky distilled on the Hebridean island of Jura (near Islay). ... A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis and especially for tourists. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... A church building (or simply church) is a building used in Christian worship. ...

A small car ferry operates across the Sound of Islay between Port Askaig on Islay and Feolin Ferry on Jura. From Feolin Ferry a single road follows the southern and eastern coastline of the island. To the north of Craighouse the road leads to Lagg, Tarbert, Ardlussa and beyond. A private track runs from the road end to the far north of the island. Port Askaig is a port village on the east coast of the island of Islay, in Scotland. ... Islay shown within Argyll. ... Feolin (also known as Feolin Ferry) is a village on the west coast of Jura. ... Craighouse is the main settlement on the Scottish Inner Hebridean Isle of Jura. ...

The island is dominated by three steep-sided conical mountains on its western side – the Paps of Jura which rise to over 2500 feet (762 m). The west coast of Jura is currently uninhabited but is home to a number of raised beaches. A Raised beach is an emergent coastal landform. ...

Past the road end is Barnhill [Cnoc an t-Sabhail], a remote house which was home to the novelist George Orwell, and where he wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four. George Orwell on Time Magazine cover from 1983. ... Nineteen Eighty-Four is a satirical political novel by George Orwell. ...

Between the northern tip of Jura and the Island of Scarba [Sgarba] lies the Gulf of Corryvreckan [Coire Bhreacain] which boasts a whirlpool that makes passage impossible at certain states of the tide. Scarba shown within Argyll Scarba is a small island, west of Argyll in Scotland, just north of the larger island of Jura. ... The Gulf of Corryvreckan (from the Gaelic Coirebhreacain meaning cauldron of the speckled seas), also called the Strait of Corryvreckan, is a narrow channel between the islands of Jura and Scarba, off the west coast of Scotland. ... Saltstraumen off Norway. ... The tide is the regular rising and falling of the oceans surface caused by changes in gravitational forces external to the Earth. ...

The island has a large population of red deer and it is commonly believed that the name Jura was derived from “hjörtr", the Norse word for deer. Binomial name Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Numerous - see text. ... The North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages, along with the West Germanic languages (including English, German, and Dutch) and the East Germanic languages (now extinct). ...

Paps of Jura

The Paps of Jura [Beanntan Dhiùra] are a group of conical quartzite mountains which dominate the southern half of the island. There are three major peaks: Image File history File links SunsetOverThePaps. ... Image File history File links SunsetOverThePaps. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (840x630, 42 KB) Summary Two of the Paps of Jura taken from above Caolila on Islay October 2002 Taken by John Shaw Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (840x630, 42 KB) Summary Two of the Paps of Jura taken from above Caolila on Islay October 2002 Taken by John Shaw Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... In common usage and elementary geometry, a cone (Greek: ÎºÏŽÎ½Î¿Ï‚) is a solid object obtained by rotating a right triangle around one of its two short sides, the cones axis. ... Quartzite Quartzite is a hard, metamorphic rock which was originally sandstone. ... Mount McKinley in Alaska has the largest visible base-to-summit elevation differences anywhere For other uses, see Mountain (disambiguation). ...

The Paps dominate the landscape in the region and can be seen from the Mull of Kintyre and, on a clear day, Skye and Northern Ireland. The route of the annual Isle of Jura Fell Race includes all three Paps and four other hills. Scottish Gaelic (GÃ idhlig; IPA: ) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... A Corbett is a hill in Scotland between 2500 and 3000 feet (762â€“914. ... Beinn Shiantaidh (Gaelic: holy mountain) is the second highest peak of the Paps of Jura on the island of Jura, Scotland. ... A mull is an almost exclusively Scottish term for the geographic feature known as a promontory and, often more specifically, for the tip of that promontory or peninsula. ... The Old Man of Storr, Skye The Isle of Skye, usually known simply as Skye (An t-Eilean Sgitheanach in Scottish Gaelic) is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. ... Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Main language English Other recognised languages Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area - Total Ranked...

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Categories: Inner Hebrides | National Scenic Areas (Scotland) The Hebrides The Hebrides comprise a widespread and diverse archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, and in geological terms are composed of the oldest rocks in the British Isles. ... The Inner Hebrides are a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. ... The Ascrib Islands are a group of small islands lying in Loch Snizort off the north west coast of Skye, Scotland. ... Canna is the westernmost of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. ... Cara Island is a small, uninhabited island which is located off the west coast of Kintyre in Scotland, one kilometre south of Gigha. ... Coll shown within Argyll Coll is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, west of Mull. ... Colonsay shown within Argyll Colonsay [Colbhasa] is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, located north of Islay and south of Mull. ... The Crowlin Islands (gaelic: crÃ² linne) a group of uninhabited islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. ... Danna was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. ... Easdale is one of the Slate Islands, west of Argyll in Scotland. ... Island of Eigg, as seen from a ferry An Sgurr Eigg is one of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. ... Gigha (pronounced geea, or gi-haris) a small island off the west coast of Kintyre in Scotland. ... Iona village viewed from a short distance offshore. ... Islay shown within Argyll. ... Kerrera is a beautiful unspoilt island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, close to the town of Oban. ... Lismore (coloured red) shown within Argyll Lismore is an island in Loch Linnhe, in Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland. ... Luing (An t-Eilean Luinn in Gaelic) is one of the Slate Islands, in Lorne, in the west of Argyll in Scotland, about 16 miles south of Oban. ... The Lunga River is the name of two rivers in Zambia: a tributary of the Kafue River and also a tributary of the Kabompo River. ... Oronsay is a small island south of Colonsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. ... Muck is the smallest of the Small Isles, part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. ... Tobermory with 700 people, the largest settlement on Mull, is home to the only whisky distillery on the island. ... RÃ¹m (a Scottish Gaelic name which is usually anglicised to Rum) is one of the Small Isles, in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. ... Seil is one of the Slate Islands, lying west of Argyll in Scotland. ... Shuna is one of the Slate Islands in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, lying east of Luing. ... The Old Man of Storr, Skye The Isle of Skye, usually known simply as Skye (An t-Eilean Sgitheanach in Scottish Gaelic) is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. ... Soay From Old Norse so-øy meaning Sheep Island Soay is an island just off the south coast of Skye, occasionally considered part of the Small Isles. ... Tiree shown within Argyll Tiree is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides south west of Coll. ... Western Isles redirects here. ... Castlebay, Barra This article is about the island of Barra in Scotland. ... The Barra Isles, also known as the Bishops Isles as they were historically owned by the church, are a small archipelago of islands in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ... Benbecula (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn na Faoghla, meaning the mountain of the ford) is an island of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ... An Cliseam from the Abhainn Mharaig, just off the main road to Lewis. ... Looking towards the mountains at the centre of the Island of Lewis Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: LeÃ²dhas) is the northern part of the main island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, the southern part of which is called Harris, however Lewis and Harris are treated by Scots as separate islands... Looking along the beach and machair of the spit Corran Aird a MhÃ²rain. ... Looking west to Nicolsons Leap. ...

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