Scottish Highlands

:This article pertains to the geographic region of the Scottish Highlands. See Highlander for alternate meanings

Historical geography

In traditional Scottish geography, the Highlands refers to that part of Scotland north-west of a line drawn from Dumbarton to Stonehaven, including the Inner and Outer Hebrides, parts of Perthshire and the County of Bute, but excluding Orkney and Shetland, Caithness, the flat coastal land of the Counties of Nairnshire, Morayshire and Banffshire, and most of East Aberdeenshire. This Highland area differed from the Central Lowlands by language and tradition, better preserving Gaelic speech and customs. Even in a historical sense the Highlanders were a distinct people from the Lowlanders. The City of Inverness is usually regarded as the capital of the Highlands. However, there are several definitions of the Highland line, which create further confusion.

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Geography - Dumbarton - Stonehaven - Hebrides - Perthshire - Bute - Orkney - Shetland - Caithness - Nairnshire - Morayshire - Banffshire - East Aberdeenshire - Lowlands - Gaelic - Inverness

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Highland Region

Highland Region, created in 1975, excludes a large chunk of the southern and eastern Highlands, and the Western Isles, but includes Caithness. They have erected controversial signs in the Pass of Drumochter, between Glen Garry and Dalwhinnie saying "Welcome to the Highlands".

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Highland Region - Western Isles - Caithness - Pass of Drumochter - Glen Garry - Dalwhinnie

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Highlands and Islands

Much of the Scottish Highlands area overlaps the Highlands and Islands area. An electoral area called Highlands and Islands is used in elections to the Scottish Parliament: this area includes Orkney and Shetland, as well as the Highland Region, the Western Isles and most of the Argyll and Bute and Moray local authority areas. Highlands and Islands may have slightly different meanings in other contexts, as, for example, in Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

Related Topics:
Highlands and Islands area - Electoral area - Highlands and Islands - Scottish Parliament - Orkney - Shetland - Highland Region - Western Isles - Argyll and Bute - Moray - Highlands and Islands Enterprise

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Highland Park

Highland Park is a single malt Scotch whisky, which is distilled in Orkney, which is not part of either the administrative area of Highland nor the Scottish Highlands.

Related Topics:
Highland Park - Scotch whisky - Orkney

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