Category:Islay

**Islay**
	southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland
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Instance of	island
Part of	Inner Hebrides
Location	Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Located in or next to body of water	Atlantic Ocean
Capital	Bowmore;
Width	32 km;
Length	40 km;
Population	3,228 (2011);
Area	620 km²;
Elevation above sea level	491 m;
	55° 46′ 12″ N, 6° 09′ 00″ W OpenStreetMap; Google Earth; Proximityrama;
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Islay is an island in the Inner Hebrides, famous for Scotch malt whisky. Its landforms are of geologic interest; its wildlife, of biologic. Abundant ruins attest to a previously larger, agrarian population. Tracts have been reforested. Its numerous archaeological sites attest to continuous occupation for several thousand years of prehistory. Its location is strategic for Atlantic defense and also for past cultural connections to Ireland and Scandinavia.