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Scottish Executive Rural Group: Paper 2006-2 - Enhancing Our Care of Scotland's Landscapes

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Annex C Scotland's National Scenic Areas

National Scenic Area

Local Authority(ies)

Land Area (ha)9

Assynt - Coigach

Highland

90,200

Ben Nevis and Glen Coe

Highland, Argyll and Bute, Perth and Kinross

101,600

Deeside and Lochnagar

Aberdeenshire, Angus

40,000

Dornoch Firth

Highland

7,500

East Stewartry Coast

Dumfries and Galloway

4,500

Eildon and Leaderfoot

Scottish Borders

3,600

Fleet Valley

Dumfries and Galloway

5,300

Glen Affric

Highland

19,300

Glen Strathfarrar

Highland

3,800

Hoy and West Mainland

Orkney Islands

14,800

Jura

Argyll and Bute

21,800

Kintail

Highland

15,500

Knapdale

Argyll and Bute

19,800

Knoydart

Highland

39,500

Kyle of Tongue

Highland

18,500

Kyles of Bute

Argyll and Bute

4,400

Loch Lomond

Argyll and Bute, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire

27,400

Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull

Argyll and Bute

12,700

Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon

Perth and Kinross, Stirling

48,400

Loch Shiel

Highland

13,400

Loch Tummel

Perth and Kinross

9,200

Lynn of Lorn

Argyll and Bute

4,800

Morar, Moidart and Ardnamurchan

Highland

13,500

Nith Estuary

Dumfries and Galloway

9,300

North Arran

North Ayrshire

23,800

North-West Sutherland

Highland

20,500

River Earn (Comrie to St. Fillans)

Perth and Kinross

3,000

River Tay (Dunkeld)

Perth and Kinross

5,600

Scarba, Lunga and the Garvellachs

Argyll and Bute

1,900

Shetland

Shetland Islands

11,600

South Lewis, Harris and North Uist

Western Isles

109,600

South Uist Machair

Western Isles

6,100

St. Kilda

Western Isles

900

The Cairngorm Mountains

Highland, Aberdeenshire, Moray

67,200

The Cuillin Hills

Highland

21,900

The Small Isles

Highland

15,500

The Trossachs

Stirling

4,600

Trotternish

Highland

5,000

Upper Tweeddale

Scottish Borders

10,500

Wester Ross

Highland

145,300

Total Area (ha)

1,001,800

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