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Island west of Ayrshire, Scotland
Photo: Paul Hart (atomicjeep) from Glasgow, Scotland, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Ailsa Craig (Gaelic: Creag Ealasaid) is an uninhabited island in the Firth of Clyde, 9 miles off the coast of Ayrshire. It measures about 3⁄4 of a mile north-south by ½ a mile east-west, and rises abruptly to 1120 ft (340 m). Its distinctive pyramid can be seen from afar in good weather. It's nowadays a birdlife reserve, though its granite is still quarried to make curling stones.
There are no scheduled ferries, and most visitors get here on a boat trip. Most trips are non-landing, circumnavigating to view the wildlife.
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