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JURA (" deer island ")

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 565 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JUN-KHA
JURA (" deer island ") , an
island
  of the inner Hebrides, the fourth largest of the group, on the west
coast
  of
Argyllshire
 ,
Scotland
 . Pop. (1901), 56o. On the N. it is separated from the
island
  of Scarba by the whirlpool of Corrievreckan, caused by the rush of the tides, often running over 13 in. an hour, and sometimes accelerated by gales, on the E. from the
main
 -land by the
sound
  of Jura, and on the S. and S.W. from Islay by the
sound
  of Islay. At Kinuachdrach there is a ferry to Aird in Lorne, in
Argyllshire
 , and at Faolin there is a ferry to Port Askaig in Islay. Its area is about 16o sq. m., the greatest length is about 27 m., and the breadth varies from 2 M. to 8 in. The surface is mountainous and the island is the most rugged of the Hebrides. A
chain
  of hills culminating in the Paps of JuraBeinn-an-Oir (2571 ft.) and Beinn Chaolais (2407 ft.)runs the whole length of the island, interrupted only by Tarbert loch, an arm of the sea, which forms an indentation nearly 6 m. deep and almost cuts the island in two. Jura derived its name from the red deer which once abounded on it. Cattle and sheep are raised; oats, barley and potatoes are cultivated along the eastern shore, and there is some fishing. Granite is quarried and silicious sand, employed in glass-making is found. The parish of Jura comprises the islands of Balnahua, Fladda, Garvelloch, Jura, Lunga, Scarba and Skervuile.


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