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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Loch Torridon	station	Helmsdale	harbour wall	Glen Nevis	Tarbert
Traigh Allt Chailgeag	Eriboll	Dornoch Firth	Glen Coe	cow	St Colmac's Church
Oban	St Colmac's	St Colmac's	boat	Moine House	Glen Torridon
Rannoch Moor	Brora	Corrour	Harbour Street	Glen Orchy	Highland Mainline
West Drummond	Ardvreck Castle	Quinag	Glen Nevis	Torridon	Rannoch Moor
Falls of Dochart	Strath of Kildonan	Rannoch Moor	Loch Ness	Lochranza	Crinan Canal
Glencoe	Strathnaver	Melvich	River Lochy	Loch Linnhe	Brodick Bay
boat on Bute	Torridon	Oban	Corpach Basin	Loch Ness	Glenelg
Caledonian Canal	on the A9	Tarbert	Black Rock Cottage	Machrie Moor	Loch Leven
Bicycle mural	Moine House	Claonaig	Loch Linnhe	Arran Ferry	St John's, Ballachulish

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