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The Rinns of Islay (Scottish Gaelic: Na Roinn Ìleach; alternative English spelling Rhinns of Islay) is an area on the west of the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
It is a peninsula that is attached to the main body of the island by a narrow isthmus towards its northern end. The main population centres are Port Charlotte and Portnahaven, based on the A847 that runs along its eastern coast.
It is designated a Special Protection Area due to its importance for a number of breeding and wintering birds, particularly Greenland white-fronted goose and chough. The significance of the area owes much to its wide variety of habitats including bog, moorland, dune grassland, maritime grassland, marsh and extensively-farmed agricultural land.
The Rinns of Islay lighthouse is located on the island of Orsay.
The Rhinns complex, a deformed igneous complex that is considered to form the basement to the Colonsay Group of metasedimentary rocks takes its name from the Rhinns of Islay.




See also



List of lighthouses in Scotland
List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses




References






External links



Special Protection Area designation
Northern Lighthouse Board

Map sources for Rinns of Islay

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• Rinns of Islay
• Islay
• Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)
• List of Special Protection Areas in the United Kingdom
• Lochaber
• Clan Maclean
• List of lighthouses in Scotland
• Harris, Outer Hebrides
• Atholl
• List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Islay and Jura