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Scarba, island, Jura par., Inner Hebrides, Argyllshire, pop. 19; lies 1½ mile N. of Jura island and 3½ miles W. of Craignish on the mainland, measures 3½ by 3½ miles in extreme length and breadth, rises to an alt. of 1500 ft., and contains Scarba Deer Forest, 3676 ac.; Scarba Sound separates Scarba island on the NE from Luing island.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "island" (ADL Feature Type: "islands") |
| Administrative units: | Jura Parish Argyll County |
| Place: | Scarba |
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