The Highlands and Islands is a historic region of Scotland, geographically and culturally distinguishable from the Scottish Lowlands. The Highlands occupy the northwestern half of Scotland, above the Highland Boundary Fault. The area is sparsely populated, with many mountain ranges dominating the region, and includes the highest mountain in Britain and Ireland, Ben Nevis. The Great Glen divides the Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands. Off the western coast with the Atlantic are many islands, collectively the Hebrides.

Before the 19th century the Highlands was home to a much larger population, but due to a combination of factors including the outlawing of the traditional Highland way of life following the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the infamous Highland Clearances, and mass migration to urban areas during the Industrial Revolution, the area is now one of the most sparsely populated in Europe.

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Rannoch Moor	Onich	pegs	Strathspey	Glen Coe	Loch Leven
Insh Marshes	Durness	Loch Fyne	Lochranza Castle	Connel Bridge	Machrie Moor
Gruinard Bay	Lochan na h-Achlaise	Loch Creran	Memorial	Loch Awe	Beinn Spionnaidh
Lochranza	The Moine	footprints	rig	Ferry	Port Bannatyne
Glen Coe	Glen Coe	Loch Rannoch	Rannoch Moor	Helmsdale	Glen Torridon
Glen Nevis	bollard	Glenachulish	cows	Buachaille	sheep
Argyll Hotel	Loch Rannoch	boat!	Kyle of Bute	broch	Glen Nevis
first boat to Bute	Kintail	Glen Coe	Alness Church	gate	Rannoch Moor
Glenelg	Moine House	Caledonian Canal	Loch Awe	Rannoch Moor	A82 / Caledonia Way
Glen Orchy	Loch Awe	Corpach Lock	Argyll Hotel	sea wall	Rannoch Moor

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