Sound of Islay

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Sound of Islay is a narrow sea strait off Scotland’s west coast that runs between the islands of Islay and Jura in the Inner Hebrides.

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Label Occurrences
Sound of Islay canonical 9

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water
sea strait
adjacentIslandGroup Inner Hebrides
surface form: Southern Inner Hebrides
administrativeRegion Scotland
archipelago Inner Hebrides
connects waters around Islay
waters around Jura
continent Europe
country Scotland
hasFerryService Port Askaig–Feolin ferry
hasNavigationHazard eddies
overfalls
strong tides
hasNearbyIsland Islay
Jura
hasNearbySettlement Feolin
Port Askaig
hasNearbyWhiskyDistilleryRegion Islay
Jura
hasProposedProject Sound of Islay tidal energy project
hasRenewableEnergyPotential tidal power
isPopularFor boating
sea kayaking
wildlife watching
knownFor scenic landscape
strong tidal currents
wildlife habitat
languageNameScotsGaelic Caolas Ìle
locatedBetween Islay
Jura
locatedIn Argyll and Bute
Inner Hebrides
locatedOffCoastOf west coast of Scotland
partOf Atlantic Ocean
Sea of the Hebrides
surface form: Hebridean Sea
region council area of Argyll and Bute
surface form: Argyll and Bute council area
separates Islay
Jura
usedFor ferry transport
maritime navigation
waterwayType narrow strait

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jura separatedBy Sound of Islay
Isle of Jura bodyOfWater Sound of Islay
Ballygrant locatedNear Sound of Islay
Caol Ila distillery overlooks Sound of Islay
Bunnahabhain distillery locatedNear Sound of Islay
Port Askaig locatedOnCoastOf Sound of Islay
Port Askaig bodyOfWater Sound of Islay
Paps of Jura overlooks Sound of Islay
Jura whisky distillery bodyOfWater Sound of Islay