Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and also northeast of Islay. With an area of 36,692 hectares, or 142 square miles, as well as only 196 inhabitants recorded in the 2011 census, Jura is much more sparsely booming than Islay, and is among the least largely populated islands of Scotland: in a list of the islands of Scotland ranked by size, Jura comes 8th, whereas by population it comes 31st. Jura belongs to the council location of Argyll and also Bute. The island is hilly, bare as well as sterile, covered largely by large locations of covering bog. The main negotiation is the east shore town of Craighouse, which is its resources. Craighouse is home to the Jura distillery, creating Isle of Jura solitary malt whisky. The town is likewise house to the island's only hotel, store and also church. Various other settlements include Ardfernal, Ardmenish, Inverlussa, Keils, Kinuachdrachd, Knockrome, Lagg, Leargybreck as well as Tarbert. In between Jura's northern tip and also the island of Scarba lies the Gulf of Corryvreckan, where a whirlpool makes passage unsafe at specific states of the trend. The southern part of the island, from Loch Tarbert southwards, is designated a national scenic area (NSA), among 40 such locations in Scotland, which are defined so as to determine areas of extraordinary surroundings and also guarantee their security from unsuitable growth. The Jura NSA covers 30,317 hectares in total, consisting of 21,072 ha of land, with a further 9245 ha being marine (i.e. listed below low tide).