Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, beside and northeast of Islay. With a location of 36,692 hectares, or 142 square miles, and only 196 occupants recorded in the 2011 census, Jura is far more sparsely inhabited than Islay, as well as is one of the least largely booming islands of Scotland: in a list of the islands of Scotland ranked by size, Jura comes eighth, whereas by population it comes 31st. Jura becomes part of the council area of Argyll and also Bute. The island is hilly, bare and infertile, covered greatly by substantial areas of blanket bog. The major settlement is the east coastline town of Craighouse, which is its resources. Craighouse is residence to the Jura distillery, producing Island of Jura single malt whisky. The town is likewise house to the island's only resort, store as well as church. Other settlements consist of Ardfernal, Ardmenish, Inverlussa, Keils, Kinuachdrachd, Knockrome, Lagg, Leargybreck and Tarbert. In between Jura's northern pointer and the island of Scarba exists the Gulf of Corryvreckan, where a whirlpool makes passage harmful at certain states of the tide. The southern part of the island, from Loch Tarbert southwards, is marked a national beautiful area (NSA), one of 40 such locations in Scotland, which are defined so as to identify locations of outstanding scenery and guarantee their defense from unsuitable growth. The Jura NSA covers 30,317 hectares in overall, containing 21,072 ha of land, with a further 9245 ha being marine (i.e. below low tide).
