Beinn a' Chaolais (
Gaelic
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: ''mountain of the sound or strait'') is the lowest peak of the
Paps of Jura
The Paps of Jura ( gd, Sgurr na Cìche) are three mountains on the western side of the island of Jura, Scotland, Jura, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Their highest point is .
They are steep-sided quartzite hills with distinctive conical sh ...
on the island of
Jura,
Scotland
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.
It stands at 733 metres
above sea level
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The comb ...
, and with over 300 metres of
relative height
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is therefore a
Graham
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.
References
Marilyns of Scotland
Mountains and hills of the Scottish islands
Grahams
Mountains and hills of Argyll and Bute
Paps of Jura
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