Beinn a' Chaolais (Gaelic: 'mountain of the kyle') is the lowest of the Paps, reaching 733 metres (2,405 ft).Beinn Shiantaidh (Gaelic: 'holy mountain') stands at 757 metres (2,484 ft) high.Beinn an Òir (Gaelic: 'mountain of gold') is the highest, standing at 785 metres (2,575 ft), and is thereby a Corbett.The term 'pap' is often used for a breast-shaped hill. The island is dominated by three steep-sided conical quartzite mountains on its western side, the Paps of Jura, which rise to 785 metres (2,575 ft). Paps of Jura A view making clear how the Paps acquired their name, 'paps' being an informal English word for breasts or teats. The west coast also has a number of raised beaches, which are regarded as a geological feature of international importance. The dykes are most apparent on the west coast, where erosion of the less-resistant rock into which they are intruded has left them exposed as natural walls. On the western half of the island the quartzite has been penetrated by a number of linear basalt dykes that were formed during a period of intense volcanic activity in the early Palaeogene period, 56 million years ago. Jura is composed largely of Dalradian quartzite, a hard metamorphic rock that provides the jagged surface of the Paps. These places are not classified as settlements by the Ordnance Survey but are shown on the A-Z Great Britain Road atlas 2022 Places classified as settlements by the Ordnance Survey include: The name was recorded in 678 as Doraid Eilinn, possibly meaning 'Doraid's Island'. Jurøy, meaning 'udder island', in reference to the Paps of Jura.Dyrøy meaning 'deer island' is the generally accepted derivation.Two different Old Norse words have been suggested: The modern name Jura dates from the Norse-Gael era. The Jura NSA covers 30,317 hectares (117 sq mi): 21,072 of land and 9,245 of adjacent sea.

The southern part of the island, from Loch Tarbert southwards, is designated a national scenic area (NSA), one of 40 such areas in Scotland. īetween Jura's northern tip and the island of Scarba lies the Gulf of Corryvreckan, where a whirlpool makes passage dangerous at certain states of the tide. George Orwell lived on Jura intermittently from 1946 to 1949, and completed his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four while living at a remote farmhouse.

North of Craighouse are a number of other small settlements on or near the east coast: Keils, Knockrome, Ardfernal, Lagg, Tarbert, Ardlussa (home of Lussa Gin) and Inverlussa. Craighouse also houses the island's shop, church, primary school, the Jura hotel and bar, a gallery, craft shop, tearoom and the community run petrol pumps. The Jura distillery, producing Isle of Jura single malt whisky, is in the village, as is the island's rum distillery which opened in 2021. The main settlement is the east coast village of Craighouse. The island is mountainous, bare and largely infertile, covered by extensive areas of blanket bog. With an area of 36,692 hectares (142 sq mi), and 196 inhabitants recorded in the 2011 census, Jura is more sparsely populated than Islay, and is one of the least densely populated islands of Scotland: in a list of the islands of Scotland ranked by size, Jura comes eighth, whereas by population it comes 31st. Jura ( / ˈ dʒ ʊər ə/ JOOR-ə Scottish Gaelic: Diùra Scots: Jura) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and northeast of Islay.

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