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    The Highland Boundary Fault is a major fault zone that traverses Scotland from Arran and Helensburgh on the west coast to Stonehaven in the east. It separates...
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    as the Leannan Fault. To the northeast the fault connects to the Walls Boundary Fault and the associated Melby Fault and Nestings Fault, before becoming...
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    Central Lowlands (category Highland Boundary Fault)
    It consists of a rift valley between the Highland Boundary Fault to the north and the Southern Uplands Fault to the south. The Central Lowlands are one...
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    is also used for the area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east...
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    in the UK. The topography of Scotland is distinguished by the Highland Boundary Fault which traverses the Scottish mainland from Helensburgh to Stonehaven...
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  • Scotland, the mountainous region north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault. The Highland council area is a local government area in the Scottish...
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    Toward (category Highland Boundary Fault)
    The Highland Boundary Fault passes Toward, as it crosses Scotland from Isle of Arran in the west to Stonehaven on the east coast. The geological fault line...
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    Grampian Mountains (category Highland Boundary Fault)
    The Grampian range extends southwest to northeast between the Highland Boundary Fault and the Great Glen. The range includes many of the highest mountains...
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    unitary authority area, with a minor boundary adjustment. Geographically the area is split by the Highland Boundary Fault into a more mountainous northern...
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    Scottish Lowlands (category Highland Boundary Fault)
    (such as Islay) are low-lying. For other purposes, the boundary varies; but if the Boundary Fault is used, then the traditional Scottish counties entirely...
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    Islands is a diverse area which lies to the north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault; the Central Lowlands is a rift valley mainly comprising Palaeozoic...
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  • instances within Great Britain. In Scotland the Great Glen Fault and Highland Boundary Fault give rise to lineaments as does the Malvern Line in western...
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    Loch Lomond (category Highland Boundary Fault)
    is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Central Scotland and the...
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    Conic Hill , a site of special scientific interest lying on the Highland Boundary Fault. The main route goes over the summit, but an alternative "bad weather"...
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    dedicated earthquake observatory in the world. Comrie lies on the Highland Boundary Fault and suffers more tremors and quakes than anywhere else in the United...
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    ranges, extending south and east of the Great Glen down to the Highland Boundary Fault, occupying almost half of the country's land area. Some of the...
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    knew and travelled frequently. The route crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, a geological fault where the Highlands meet the Lowlands. Views from the...
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    Callander (category Highland Boundary Fault)
    town to the north are the Callander Crags, a visible part of the Highland Boundary Fault, rising to 343 metres (1,125 ft) at the cairn. Ben Ledi (879 metres...
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    Stirling (category Highland Boundary Fault)
    Scottish Lowlands meet the rugged slopes of the Highlands along the Highland Boundary Fault. The starkness of this contrast is evidenced by the many hills...
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    Pass of Drumochter (category Highland geography stubs)
    this is the boundary for the authority rather than for the Scottish Highlands which extend south to the geological Highland Boundary Fault at Dunkeld....
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  • dykes, sills and plutons. Along the Highland Boundary Fault is a zone of metamorphosed rocks grouped as the Highland Border Complex and dated to the Cambrian...
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    Isle of Arran (category Highland Boundary Fault)
    "Scotland in Miniature", the Island is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault and has been described as a "geologist's paradise"...
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    Dalradian (category Geology of Highland (council area))
    the Great Glen Fault to the northwest and the Highland Boundary Fault to the southeast. Much of Shetland east of the Walls Boundary Fault is also formed...
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    Corbetts. The park straddles the Highland Boundary Fault, which divides it into two distinct regions - lowland and highland - that differ in underlying geology...
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    village of Balmaha. It is a sharp little summit which is on the Highland Boundary Fault. There was a tiny cairn at the top (361 m or 1,184 ft); as of...
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  • Isle of Bute (category Highland Boundary Fault)
    Scotland, United Kingdom. It is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault. Formerly a constituent island of the larger County...
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    River Tay, opposite Birnam. Dunkeld lies close to the geological Highland Boundary Fault, and is frequently described as the "Gateway to the Highlands"...
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    Glenalmond (category Highland Boundary Fault)
    The change in character takes place as the river crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, leaving the Grampian Highlands for the Central Lowlands. A short...
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    of Forth faults are all associated with the Southern Uplands Fault. Highland Boundary Fault Southern Uplands Geology of Scotland British Geological Survey...
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    Innellan (category Highland Boundary Fault)
    Innellan is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the western shore of the Firth of Clyde. It is four miles south of Dunoon. The origin of the name...
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