National Scenic Area

National Scenic Area is a conservation designation specifically for Scotland, administered by Scottish Natural Heritage. NSAs are defined as having outstanding scenic[?] interest or unsurpassed attractiveness. They are the Scottish equivalent of AONBs (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Full List of NSAs

Aberdeenshire

• Deeside and Lochnagar[?]

Argyll & Bute[?]

• Jura (island)
• Knapdale[?]
• Kyles of Bute[?]
• Loch Lomond[?]
• Loch na Keal[?], Isle of Mull[?]
• Lynn of Lorn[?]
• Scarba[?], Lunga[?] and the Garvellachs[?]

Dumfries and Galloway

• East Stewartry Coast[?]
• Fleet Valley[?]
• Nith Estuary[?]

Highland

• Assynt[?]-Coigach[?]
• Ben Nevis and Glen Coe[?]
• Dornoch Firth[?]
• Glen Affric[?]
• Glen Strathfarrar[?]
• Kintail[?]
• Knoydart[?]
• Kyle of Tongue[?]
• Loch Shiel[?]
• Morar[?], Moidart[?] and Ardnamurchan[?]
• North West Sutherland[?]
• The Cairngorm Mountains[?]
• The Cuillin Hills[?]
• Small Isles

North Ayrshire

• North Arran

Orkney

• Hoy and West Mainland[?]

Perth and Kinross

• Loch Rannoch[?] and Glen Lyon[?]
• Loch Tummel[?]
• River Earn[?] (Comrie to St. Fillan)
• River Tay (Dunkeld)

Shetland Isles[?]

• Shetland

Stirling

• The Trossachs[?]

The Borders[?]

• Eildon and Leaderfoot[?]
• Upper Tweeddale[?]

Western Isles

• South Lewis, Harris and North Uist[?]
• South Uist machair[?]
• Saint Kilda

See also:

• Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England
• Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales
• Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Northern Ireland