What is Jura, Scotland?
{{Infobox Scottish island |GridReference=NR589803 |coordinates={{coord|56|-5.9|display=title,inline}} |location_map=Scotland <!--Argyll and Bute--> |official_name=Jura |celtic name={{Audio|Diura.ogg|Diùra}} |norse name=Dýr-ey/Hjǫrt-ey |meaning of name= Old Norse for 'deer island' |area= {{convert|366.92|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} |area rank= 8 |highest elevation=[[Beinn an Òir]] {{convert|785|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |Population=196<ref name=NRS>2011 census</ref> |population rank=31 |population density =0.5 people/km<sup>2</sup><ref name=NRS/><ref name=Smith/> |main settlement= [[Craighouse]] |island group=[[Islay]] |local authority=[[Argyll and Bute]] |references = see text}} '''Jura''' <ref>{{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|ʊər|ə}} {{respell|JOOR|ə}}; {{lang-gd|Diùra}} {{IPA-gd|ˈtʲuːɾə|}}</ref> is an island in the [[Inner Hebrides]] of Scotland, just north-east of Islay. Compared with its fertile and more populous neighbour, Jura is mountainous, bare and infertile. It is covered largely by vast areas of blanket [[bog]], hence its small population.<ref name=Smith>Haswell-Smith, Hamish 2004. ''The Scottish Islands''. Edinburgh: Canongate, p47. {{ISBN|978-1-84195-454-7}}</ref><ref>Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) ''Orkneyinga Saga''. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). {{ISBN|0-901824-25-9}}</ref> In a list of the islands of Scotland ranked by size, Jura comes eighth, whereas ranked by population it comes thirty-first. It is in the council area of [[Argyll and Bute]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:Islands of Scotland]] [[Category:Argyll and Bute]]