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right Tobermory with 700 people, the largest settlement on Mull, is home to the only whisky distillery on the island.The Isle of Mull (or simply Mull) is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland in the county of Argyll and Bute. In the 2001 census the usual resident population of Mull, Iona and Ulva was 1,841; this is supplemented by many more tourists, some of whom visit the Duart Castle. Its landscape is primarily moorland, with a few peaks. The highest peak on the island is Ben More.
Ferries link Mull with places on the mainland including Oban (to Craignure ) and Kilchoan (to Tobermory) and with the surrounding islands of Iona and Ulva.
The only burgh on the island is the capital, Tobermory. Other settlements on Mull include:
- BunessanBunessan is a small village in the south of the island of Mull, on the west coast of Scotland. Originally a small community of farmers in the Scottish farming tradition called crofting, the village had a mill, weavers and a small fishing fleet until the 1, Ballygown , Balnahard
- CalgaryThe wide sand beach at Calgary, Mull is possibly the best on Mull and its idyllic location makes it one of the finest in Scotland. Calgary Bay is located on the north west of Mull about 5 miles (8 km) past Dervaig, 12 miles (20 m) from the island's capita, Carsaig , Craignure , Croggan
- Dervaig
- Fionnphort , Fishnish
Mull shown within Argyll
- Gruline
- Kilninian , KnockanKnockan is an area and particular cottage in the community of Ardtun, in the south of the island of Mull off the west coast of Scotland. The cottage called Knockan is distinguished by its bright red roof and white walls, set by a small hill; Knock-an in G
- Lochbuie , Lochdon
- Pennyghail
- Salen , Strathcoil
- Uisken
The island is surrounded by a number of islands, the largest of which are:
- Calve Island (uninhabited)
- Eorsa (uninhabited)
- ErraidErraid is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, lying west of Mull (to which it is linked by a beach at low tide) and south east of Iona. The island was the birthplace of Robert Lewis Stephenson. His father ran a granite quarry on the island, while
- GometraGometra is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, lying south west of Mull. It lies immediately north west of Ulva, to which it is linked by a bridge, and a low tide also by a beach. The island was formerly agricultural, growing grain for the monastery (uninhabited)
- Inch Kenneth (uninhabited)
- Iona
- Little Colonsay (uninhabited)
- Staffa (uninhabited)
- Treshnish Isles (uninhabited)
- Ulva
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