Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Islay, Sound of

Islay, Sound of, between Islay and Jura islands, Argyllshire; is 14 miles long, SE. and NW., and from 6 m. to ½ m. broad, and is swept by rapid tidal currents.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Administrative units: Argyll ScoCnty
Place names: ISLAY     |     ISLAY SOUND OF     |     SOUND OF ISLAY

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