Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, beside as well as northeast of Islay. With an area of 36,692 hectares, or 142 square miles, and also just 196 citizens recorded in the 2011 census, Jura is far more sparsely booming than Islay, and also is among the least densely booming islands of Scotland: in a list of the islands of Scotland placed by size, Jura comes 8th, whereas by population it comes 31st. Jura is part of the council area of Argyll and Bute. The island is mountainous, bare and also sterile, covered mainly by huge areas of blanket bog. The main settlement is the eastern coastline village of Craighouse, which is its resources. Craighouse is residence to the Jura distillery, generating Island of Jura single malt whisky. The village is also home to the island's only resort, store and church. Other settlements consist of Ardfernal, Ardmenish, Inverlussa, Keils, Kinuachdrachd, Knockrome, Lagg, Leargybreck and Tarbert. In between Jura's north pointer and also the island of Scarba lies the Gulf of Corryvreckan, where a whirlpool makes flow hazardous at particular states of the trend. The southerly part of the island, from Loch Tarbert southwards, is assigned a nationwide scenic area (NSA), one of 40 such areas in Scotland, which are specified so as to recognize areas of exceptional scenery as well as ensure their defense from unacceptable growth. The Jura NSA covers 30,317 hectares in total, consisting of 21,072 ha of land, with an additional 9245 ha being aquatic (i.e. listed below low tide).
