Island of the Inner
Hebrides, Argyll and Bute; area 380 sq km/147 sq mi; population (2001) 188. It is separated from the Scottish mainland by the
Sound of Jura. The whirlpool Corryvreckan (Gaelic Brecan's cauldron) is off the north coast. It has a range of mountains known as the Paps of Jura, the highest of which is Beinn an Oir at 784 m/2,572 ft.
Jura is the only major Scottish island without a direct link to the mainland.
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