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Port Ellen is a very attractive small town on the southern coast of Islay, though the bay faces westwards. It has a slightly larger population than the island's administrative capital, Bowmore, making it the largest town on the island, but still having a population of under a thousand. It has one of the two ports that CalMac ferries from Kennacraig dock at, the other being Port Askaig towards the north of the eastern coast of the island. The road that leads out of the town to the east has several distilleries along it, and there is a large whisky maltings on the northern edge of the town.
See NR3645 : Port Ellen and Loch Leòdamais for a slightly wider view.