The Sound of Jura () is a

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Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...

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. It is one of the several Sounds of Scotland. It is to the east of the island of Jura and to the west of Knapdale, part of a peninsula of the Scottish mainland. The Crinan Canal's west exit is also in the Sound of Jura. Lochs that lead to the

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include Loch Sween, and Loch Caolisport (Loch Killisport). The north end is particularly treacherous, being filled with skerries, small islands, strong tidal currents and whirlpools. The

Gulf of Corryvreckan The Gulf of Corryvreckan (from the Gaelic ''Coire Bhreacain'', meaning 'cauldron of the speckled seas' or 'cauldron of the plaid'), also called the Strait of Corryvreckan, is a narrow strait between the islands of Jura and Scarba, in Argyll and ...

, which contains a notorious whirlpool, the world's third largest, leads from the north of the sound. The south end, in contrast, is much wider and more open; most of the small islands and reefs are close into shore. The ferries to Colonsay and

Islay Islay ( ; gd, Ìle, sco, Ila) is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Known as "The Queen of the Hebrides", it lies in Argyll just south west of Jura and around north of the Northern Irish coast. The island's capital ...

from the mainland skirt the southern end of the sound. Most of Jura's small population lives on the east coast, overlooking the sound. Intermittently between 1946 and 1949,

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lived in Barnhill, a farmhouse on the northeast of the island, when he completed his novel '' Nineteen Eighty-Four''. It is not to be confused with the Sound of Islay, which lies between Jura and

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Landforms of Argyll and Bute Straits of Scotland Jura, Scotland {{Argyll-geo-stub