Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and also northeast of Islay. With an area of 36,692 hectares, or 142 square miles, and just 196 occupants recorded in the 2011 census, Jura is far more sparsely inhabited than Islay, and also is one of the least largely populated islands of Scotland: in a list of the islands of Scotland ranked by dimension, Jura comes 8th, whereas by population it comes 31st. Jura becomes part of the council location of Argyll as well as Bute. The island is mountainous, bare as well as infertile, covered greatly by large areas of blanket bog. The major settlement is the east shore town of Craighouse, which is its funding. Craighouse is residence to the Jura distillery, creating Island of Jura solitary malt whisky. The village is additionally residence to the island's only hotel, shop as well as church. Various other settlements include Ardfernal, Ardmenish, Inverlussa, Keils, Kinuachdrachd, Knockrome, Lagg, Leargybreck as well as Tarbert. Between Jura's north pointer and also the island of Scarba exists the Gulf of Corryvreckan, where a whirlpool makes flow unsafe at certain states of the trend. The southern part of the island, from Loch Tarbert southwards, is marked a national picturesque area (NSA), among 40 such areas in Scotland, which are defined so as to identify areas of remarkable landscapes as well as guarantee their protection from unsuitable advancement. The Jura NSA covers 30,317 hectares in overall, containing 21,072 ha of land, with a further 9245 ha being aquatic (i.e. below low tide).