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Port Askaig in 2005 panorama, Isle of Islay

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Panoramic picture of a view over a small ferry port on an islandAn older view of Port Askaig at the Sound of Islay, taken from the MV Isle of Arran. The new road, car park and waiting area had been finished at this time in 2005, but the new Jura ferry and small boat harbour pier as well as the new ferry terminal building were still to come.

Jura ferry in the Sound of Islay

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Jura ferry in the Sound of Islay A view of the Jura ferry during one of her many crossings across the Sound of Islay.

Southern entrance of the Sound of Islay

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Panoramic picture of the southern entrance to the Sound of Islay, seen from just above a lighthouseA panoramic view over the southern entrance of the Sound of Islay from just above McArthur’s Head lighthouse. Jura on the other side of the sound with mainland Argyll visible in the distance on the right.