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  2. Scottish Highlands - Wikipedia

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    The Highlands (Scots: the Hielands; Scottish Gaelic: a' Ghàidhealtachd [ə ˈɣɛːəl̪ˠt̪ʰəxk], lit. ' the place of the Gaels ') is a historical region of Scotland. [1] [failed verification] Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands.

  3. Highlands and Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Highlands and Islands region. Some Highland districts are not shown. The Highlands and Islands is an area of Scotland broadly covering the Scottish Highlands, plus Orkney, Shetland, and the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles). The Highlands and Islands are sometimes defined as the area to which the Crofters' Act of 1886 applied.

  4. List of places in Highland (council area) - Wikipedia

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    This article is a list of any town, village, hamlet or settlement, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The area encompassed by the Highland council is smaller than that encompassed by the Scottish Highlands. For the Scottish Gaelic equivalents of the place names in this list, see the appropriate section at List of Scottish Gaelic place names

  5. List of towns and villages in the Scottish Highlands - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 24 November 2023, at 15:47 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. Glen Coe - Wikipedia

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    Glen Coe (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Comhann [3] pronounced [klan̪ˠˈkʰo.ən̪ˠ]) is a glen of glacial origins, [4] that cuts though volcanic rocks in the Highlands of Scotland.It lies in the north of the county of Argyll, close to the border with the historic province of Lochaber, within the modern council area of Highland.

  7. Mountains and hills of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Scotland's mountain ranges can be divided in a roughly north to south direction into: the Scottish Highlands, the Central Belt and the Southern Uplands, the latter two primarily belonging to the Scottish Lowlands. The highlands eponymously contains the country's main mountain ranges, but hills and mountains are to be found south of these as ...

  8. Tourism in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Scotland is a popular destination for hunting, especially deer and grouse. Scotland's best known export is Scotch Whisky and numerous visitors a year enjoy a tour around its Whisky distilleries. The Highlands is by far the largest region in Scotland both in area and in whisky production. This massive area has over 30 distilleries on the mainland.

  9. North West Highlands Geopark - Wikipedia

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    Awarded UNESCO geopark status in 2004, [1] it was Scotland's first geopark, [2] featuring some of the oldest rocks in Europe, around 3,000 million years old. [3] [4] The park contains many notable geological features, such as the Moine Thrust Belt and Smoo Cave and covers an area of around 2,000 square kilometres (770 sq mi). [1]

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