Beinn Sholum
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 View from the top of the Beinn Sholum |
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| height | 347 m | |
| location | Islay , Argyll and Bute , Scotland | |
| Coordinates | 55 ° 40 ′ 20 " N , 6 ° 8 ′ 31" W | |
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Beinn Sholum is a mountain on the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . The 347 m high elevation is located in the southeast of the island about four kilometers north-northwest of the coastal settlement Ardbeg and five kilometers northeast of the ferry port Port Ellen . Beinn Sholum forms the southern end of a range of hills that, starting at Sgorr nam Faoileann, runs twelve kilometers in a south-westerly direction. The closest hill is Beinn Uraraidh, four kilometers to the north-northeast .
At the foot of the southern slope are the lakes Loch Sholum and Lochan Sholum , from which streams flow, the water of which is used to make the Lagavulin whiskey . One kilometer northeast is Loch Uigeadail , which supplies the water for Ardbeg's whiskey .
Beinn Sholum is located in a sparsely populated part of the island, which is why there are no roads leading to the mountain. The summit is on the island's watershed .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on maltmadness.com
- ↑ Entry on maltmadness.com
- ^ Sydney B. Wilkinson: The geology of Islay, including Oronsay and portions of Colonsay and Jura. With notes by JJH Teall, and BN Peach. HMSO, Glasgow 1907, p. 2.