Which Scottish peninsula includes the Mull of Kintyre?

Which Scottish peninsula includes the Mull of Kintyre? The answer is Kintyre.

Kintyre is a long, narrow peninsula in Argyll and Bute, on Scotland’s western coast. It stretches roughly 30 miles from East and West Loch Tarbert in the north to the Mull of Kintyre at its southwestern tip. The Mull is therefore a headland at the end of the larger Kintyre Peninsula, not a separate peninsula.

The region has deep connections with the early Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata. Kintyre’s closest point to Ulster is only about 12 miles away, helping make it a historic route between Ireland and western Scotland. Campbeltown, the area’s principal town, has long relied on fishing and farming and is also associated with Campbeltown single-malt whisky.

The Mull of Kintyre is known for its lighthouse, strong currents, views toward Northern Ireland, and the 1977 Wings song written by Paul McCartney. Fife, Cowal, and Ardnamurchan are separate Scottish peninsulas, though Cowal is also in Argyll and Bute.