On the north-west and south-east it is skirted by lofty hills (Sgor Choilearn (3164), Sgor nau Coireachan (3133) and others of over 2000 ft.),but the land at the western extremity in Ardnamurchan is low-lying.
The most remarkable was the Nau Behar, Nava Bihara or New Convent, which possessed a very costly statue of Buddha.