The Paps of Jura (Scottish Gaelic: Sgurr na Cìche) are three mountains on the western side of the island of Jura, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Their...
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Beinn a' Chaolais (Gaelic: 'mountain of the kyle') is the lowest of the Paps, reaching 733 metres (2,405 ft). The Paps dominate the landscape in the region...
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northeastern Hungary Paps of Anu, near Killarney, Ireland Paps of Fife in Scotland Paps of Jura, on the western side of the island of Jura, in the Inner Hebrides...
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up pap in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Paps may refer to: Breast-shaped hill, commonly named paps Paps of Anu Paps of Fife Paps of Jura Paps of Lothian...
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farmhouse in the north of the island of Jura in the Scottish Inner Hebrides overlooking the Sound of Jura. It stands on the site of a larger 15th-century...
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requires good competence. Jura is best known by the Paps of Jura, three cone-shaped, quartzite hills which are home to the Isle of Jura Fell Race and necessitate...
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Breast-shaped hill (redirect from Pap (geography))
Maiden Paps are rounded, breastlike hills located mostly in Scotland: Paps of Anu, near Killarney, Ireland Paps of Fife in Scotland Paps of Jura, on the...
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Maiden Paps, Maidens Paps or Maiden's Pap may refer to: Maidens Paps, a cairn near Cochno Loch in the Kilpatrick Hills, Scotland Maiden Paps, Hawick,...
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Chaolais, the southernmost of the three Paps of Jura. The sun setting here would have given warning of the approach of the solstice. As with many megalithic...
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Beinn an Òir (category Paps of Jura)
Beinn an Òir (Gaelic for "mountain of gold") is the highest peak of the Paps of Jura on the island of Jura, Scotland. It is the highest peak on the island...
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The Pap is so named because its shape resembles that of a human breast. Paps of Anu Pap of Glencoe Paps of Jura Breast-shaped hill "Maiden Pap". hillbagging...
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Ben Venue (category Marilyns of Scotland)
summit on a clear day the view extend to the Firth of Forth, the Clyde and Isle of Arran and the Paps of Jura. Good views can be seen along Loch Katrine, Ben...
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Beinn a' Chaolais (category Paps of Jura)
Beinn a' Chaolais (Gaelic: mountain of the sound or strait) is the lowest peak of the Paps of Jura on the island of Jura, Scotland. It stands at 733 metres...
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Larne (category Ports and harbours of Northern Ireland)
views across the North Channel towards the Mull of Kintyre, Rhins of Galloway, Islay and Paps of Jura often visible from the Larne area – this proximity...
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Craighouse (category Villages on Jura, Scotland)
main settlement and capital of the Scottish Inner Hebridean island of Jura, in Argyll and Bute. In 1971 it had a population of 113. The village is situated...
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Beinn Shiantaidh (category Paps of Jura)
highest peak of the Paps of Jura on the island of Jura, Scotland. It stands at 757 metres above sea level, and with over 300 metres of relative height...
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formerly associated with breasts, in a similar way to the Paps of Jura in Scotland and the Paps of Anu in Ireland. There are large ancient burial grounds...
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Scarba (category Islands of the Inner Hebrides)
Sgarba) is an island, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, just north of the much larger island of Jura. The island has not been permanently inhabited since the 1960s...
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Jura. The course loops west and north over several hills including the Paps of Jura. After the last climb to Corra Bheinn, a boggy descent takes the runners...
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Great Cumbrae (redirect from Isle of Cumbrae)
To the west, the larger islands of Bute and Arran can be seen, while on the other side of Knapdale the Paps of Jura may be visible. Looking south, Ailsa...
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Beinn Bheigeir (category Marilyns of Scotland)
clear day views include the island of Jura with the Paps of Jura, Kintyre, the Isle of Arran and most of Islay. List of islands by highest point "Beinn Bheigeir"...
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needed][citation needed] Paps of Anu Pap of Glencoe Paps of Jura Breast-shaped hill Maiden Paps at mudandroutes.com; retrieved 25 October 2023 Maiden Paps at themountainguide...
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Tertiary volcanoes. Many of the islands are swept by strong tides, and the Corryvreckan tide race between Scarba and Jura is one of the largest whirlpools...
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Islay (redirect from Isle of Islay)
southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Known as "The Queen of the Hebrides", it lies in Argyll and Bute just south west of Jura and around 40...
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Hinba (category Islands of the Inner Hebrides)
Loch Tarbert or the prominent gap between the island's main hills, the Paps of Jura. However, other scholars have taken the view that there is no reason...
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Colonsay (redirect from Isle of Colonsay)
grew up on Colonsay. View over Colonsay and Oronsay to the right, the Paps of Jura in the distance Between Cable Bay and Sir John's Pool on the south east...
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situated in Machrihanish north of the Mull of Kintyre. The main course, with views of the western seaboard including the Paps of Jura and Ireland, was ranked...
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Inver Hydro-Electric Scheme (category Jura, Scotland)
of the Paps of Jura, to raise the level of the loch by 10 feet (3 m). The dam is 920 feet (280 m) long and impounds some 700 megalitres (Ml) of water....
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of Jura (Scottish Gaelic: An Linne Rosach) is a Sound in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is one of the several Sounds of Scotland. It is to the east of...
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This is part of the list of United Kingdom locations: a gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's locality and geographical...
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