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Paps of Jura and Feolin from the Islay ferry

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Picture of three mountains towering over a ferry slipway and a house A view from the Islay ferry on a crisp and clear April day. The three Paps of Jura are towering over the slipway and cottage at Feolin.

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.