Jura
Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. It's 30 miles long by 7 miles wide, with a population of only 196 in 2011. It has poor boggy soil and three conical hills known as the Paps of Jura.Jura
- Type: Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56° north
Longitude
-5.9° or 5° 54′ west
Elevation
837 feet (255 metres)
Open location code
9C8P232X+2X
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Jura” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Diùra”
- Breton: “Jura”
- Dutch: “Jura”
- French: “Jura”
- German: “Isle of Jura”
- Japanese: “ジュラ島”
- Low German: “Jura”
- Spanish: “Jura”
- Swedish: “Jura”
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