The Corryvreckan whirlpool is a fierce, circular current between the Scottish isles of Jura and Scarba. Nicknamed the "raging cauldron," it almost killed George Orwell and his son Richard in 1947. The ...

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Directly north of Islay lies the rugged island of Jura. Just northwest of Jura, separated by a narrow strait, is the uninhabited island of Scarba. The Corryvreckan whirlpool forms in the Gulf of ...

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