Geography

The Lowlands in the south consist of moorland and rolling hills. In the Highlands in the north are the Grampian Mountains and Ben Nevis, with 1344 m highest mountain in Britain. The coasts are wildly romantic and very rugged, often very low salt and freshwater lakes are called hole. Before the coasts, at some distance from the mainland, there are several island groups. The largest islands in the West are Skye and Lewis, who belong to the Hebrides. In the northeast, the Orkney and Shetland Islands. John O’Groats is located on the northern tip of the Scottish mainland.