Jura

Jura is an island in the , 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.
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Jura

Latitude
56° north
Longitude
-5.9° or 5° 54′ west
Elevation
837 feet (255 metres)
Open location code
9C8P232X+2X
Geo­Names ID
2645940
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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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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Jura”. Photo: Bjarne Henning Kvaal…, CC BY-SA 3.0.