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Region of Scotland
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The Great Glen (Scottish Gaelic: An Gleann Mòr) and Strathspey (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Spè) are in the central Scottish Highlands. These two valleys are natural transport routes converging on Inverness, which became the region's chief town.
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By bus
By boat
Mallaig has CalMac ferries to Armadale on Skye, Lochboisdale on South Uist, and the Small Isles of Rum, Eigg, Muck and Canna.
You really need a car to explore this spread-out region. Fill up on fuel in the main towns, it's sparse and pricey out in the country.
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Inverness, Highland · Regional · INV
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Loch Ness is a lake or loch which runs for 23 miles (37 km) along the fault line of the Great Glen in the Scottish Highlands. It's a mile wide, very deep (740 ft / 226 m), and dark with peat.
Rannoch Moor is an expanse of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch in Perth and Kinross, covering 50 square miles (130 km²). Parts of it lie in other regions but the focus of this page is its remote centre, devoid of fields, dwellings or public roads.
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