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14 INTRODUCING SC O TLAND Stromness Stromness Lerwick,Lerwick, PUT TING SC O TLAND ON THE M AP 15
Cape Wrath ScrabsterScrabster KirkwallKirkwall
Cape Wrath
Port of NessPort of Ness ThursoThurso
Putting Scotland on the Map WickWick Orkney and Unst
Separated from Continental Europe by the North Sea, Isle of Isle of StornowayStornoway Shetland Yell
Scotland forms the northern part of Great Britain. LewisLewis Islands Shetland
It is a mountainous, sparsely populated land. HelmsdaleHelmsdale Islands Brae
The highest peak is Ben Nevis, at 1,345 m HarrisHarris TarbertTarbert UllapoolUllapool Mainland
(4,411 ft). The coastline is also ringed sles Walls
Western I
by hun dreds of islands; at the farthest NorthNorth Foula Lerwick
extreme Shetland lies just six degrees UistUist LochmaddyLochmaddy UigUig ElginElgin FraserburghFraserburgh
south of the Arctic Circle. Edinburgh is BenbeculaBenbecula Western Isles
the historic capital, and Glasgow is the InvernessInverness PeterheadPeterhead
largest city with a population of SouthSouth Kyle ofKyle of
UistUist
LochalshLochalsh
Loch
596,500. The country has good Isle of Isle of Loch
Ness
Ness
SkyeSkye
road, rail and ferry connections. LochboisdaleLochboisdale AviemoreAviemore Fair
Isle
Tiree H e b r i d e s MuckMuck FortFort SCOTLANDSCOTLAND Stromness Kirkwall Stronsay
BarraBarra ArmadaleArmadale Fort AugustusFort Augustus AberdeenAberdeen
Castlebay Castlebay RumRum EiggEigg MallaigMallaig BraemarBraemar Dee Westray Sanday
Dee
Mainland
WilliamWilliam
Key to Map Tiree I n n e r H e b r i d e s CollColl MullMull TobermoryTobermory Pitlochry Pitlochry ForfarForfar MontroseMontrose Hoy Orkney
Islands
Motorway (highway) CraignureCraignure ObanOban DundeeDundee ArbroathArbroath Scrabster
Major road I n n e r Isle ofIsle of CrianlarichCrianlarich PerthPerth St AndrewsSt Andrews Thurso
IonaIona
Minor road BunessanBunessan Wick
Ferry route ColonsayColonsay 0 kilometres 50
JuraJura KirkcaldyKirkcaldy
Provincial border ScalasaigScalasaig ArdlussaArdlussa StirlingStirling DunfermlineDunfermline 0 miles 50
National border AtlanticAtlantic DunoonDunoon Aberdeen
OceanOcean IslayIslay GreenockGreenock EdinburghEdinburgh
PaisleyPaisley GlasgowGlasgow Berwick-upon-TweedBerwick-upon-Tweed
PortnahavenPortnahaven PortPort ButeBute East KilbrideEast Kilbride
EllenEllen
0 kilometres 50 GalashielsGalashiels
IrvineIrvine PeeblesPeebles
0 miles 50 BrodickBrodick
PrestwickPrestwick NorthNorth
CampbeltownCampbeltown Isle of Isle of TroonTroon HawickHawick JedburghJedburgh AlnwickAlnwick
ArranArran SeaSea
BallycastleBallycastle
Dunfanaghy
Dunfanaghy
ColeraineColeraine
NORTHERNNORTHERN DumfriesDumfries
Letterkenny
Letterkenny NewcastleNewcastle
Londonderry/
Londonderry/ IRELANDIRELAND CairnryanCairnryan upon Tyneupon Tyne
Derry
Derry HexhamHexham
Ballybofey
Ballybofey BallymenaBallymena CastleCastle
LarneLarne StranraerStranraer DouglasDouglas CarlisleCarlisle SunderlandSunderland
Donegal
Donegal NewtownabbeyNewtownabbey ENGLANDENGLAND AmsterdamAmsterdam
Antrim
Cookstown
Omagh Cookstown Antrim
Omagh
Bangor
LoughLough Bangor CockermouthCockermouth PenrithPenrith
NeaghNeagh Belfast DrummoreDrummore
Belfast
NORWAY BallygawleyBallygawley WhitehavenWhitehaven KeswickKeswick
Lisburn
Lisburn
Portadown
Armagh
SWEDEN Armagh Portadown Mileage Chart
Strangford
Strangford Isle of Isle of
SCOTLAND Nor th Monaghan ManMan KendalKendal London
Monaghan
DENMARK
Newry
Sea Newry DouglasDouglas 111 Birmingham 10 = Distance in miles
179
Barrow-in-Barrow-in- 10 = Distance in kilometres
REP. OF UNITED FurnessFurness 150 102 Cardiff
IRELAND 241 164
Dundalk
KINGDOM NETHERLANDS Dundalk LancasterLancaster
74 185 228
GERMANY KellsKells 119 298 367 Dover
BELGIUM DroghedaDrogheda
CZECH 372 290 373 442
REPUBLIC BlackpoolBlackpool 599 467 600 711 Edinburgh
REPUBLIC OFREPUBLIC OF
FRANCE AUSTRIA IRELANDIRELAND PrestonPreston 389 292 374 466 45 Glasgow
72
626 470 602 750
Atlantic SWITZ. KinnegadKinnegad 529 448 530 600 158 167
Ocean ITALY ManchesterManchester 851 721 853 965 254 269 Inverness
Dublin LiverpoolLiverpool 184 81 173 257 213 214 371 Manchester
Dublin
296 130 278 414 343 344 597
SP AIN ColwynColwyn
BayBay
HolyheadHolyhead ChesterChester
WALESWALES
For additional map symbols see back flap
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