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Port Askaig and Caol Ila, Isle of Islay (seen from Jura)

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Picture of two settlements at a sound between two islands, seen from a mountainA follow up to the Port Askaig, Keills and Bowmore seen from Jura picture I posted recently. There someone asked where Caol Ila was. This view from the summit of Beinn an Oir, the highest of the Paps of Jura at 785m, shows both Port Askaig and Caol Ila at the Sound of Islay with Keills further back inland. I’m not entirely sure what the loch on the top left is, but I think it’s Loch nan Cadhan.

North east Islay from Beinn an Oir, Isle of Jura

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Panoramic picture of a view from a mountain across a sound to an islandA panoramic view over the north east of Islay from Beinn an Oir, at 785m the highest of the Paps of Jura. Beinn a’Chaolais (733m) on the left, Port Askaig and Caol Ila to the right of it. The Sound of Islay stretches all the way through the view with Rhuvaal and the lighthouse on the right.

Paps of Jura from the Kilchoman Road, Isle of Islay

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Picture of three mountains in the evening light seen across a wide landscapeA view from the road to Kilchoman on a nice evening on Islay. While mostly cloudy the Sun managed to find a gap in the clouds to bathe the Paps of Jura in some beautiful mild evening light.