Inverness-shire Inverness-shire is Scotland's largest county, and the second largest in the UK as a whole after Yorkshire. It borders Ross to the north, Nairnshire, Moray, Banffshire and Aberdeenshire to the east, and Perthshire and Argyll to the south. It covers a large mainland area and various island areas off the west coast. The mainland area has coastline in both the east and the west. The island areas include North Uist, South Uist and Harris in the Outer Hebrides and Skye and the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides. Principal settlements include Inverness, Fort William, Fort Augustus and Portree. Inverness-shire's coat
Juncal Island Juncal Island Juncal Island is an island belonging to Uruguay, located where the Uruguay River empties into the Río de la Plata, a bit above the Uruguayan town of Carmelo. It is separated from Uruguay by the "Canal de Camacho". The much smaller Juncalito Island lies a kilometer north; to the west, separated by the principal channel, lies Portuguese Island ("Isla del Portugues"), which belongs to the Argentine province of Entre Rios. The chief historical event associated with Juncal Island is the Battle of Juncal, one of the most important naval battles of the Cisplatine War. Occurring on 8 and