Jura

Jura (Scand. deor-æ, 'deer-isle'), an Argyllshire island, $\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ mile NE. of Islay, and $2\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ miles W. of the nearest point of the mainland. It extends 28 miles north-eastward; varies in width from $\backslash frac\{3\}\{4\}$ mile, at Loch Tarbert in the middle, to $8\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ miles; and is 143 sq. m. in area. The western side is rugged and desolate, the eastern green and pleasing. The conical Paps of Jura are 2571 and 2412 feet high; and most of the surface is deer-forest. Pop. (1831) 1312; (1891) 619, nearly all Gaelic-speaking. See HEBRIDES and CORRIEVREKIN.