On the Data link above, you'll find details of Scottish Natural Heritage's data which you can download and play around with. This includes details of Scotland's Sites of Special Scientific Interest. These areas are described by SNH in the following way:
"Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) are those areas of land and water (to the seaward limits of local authority areas) that Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) considers to best represent our natural heritage - its diversity of plants, animals and habitats, rocks and landforms, or a combinations of such natural features. "
I decided to make a web map of this so that people can more easily access the information - see below. To find out a little bit more about each SSSI, just click on it. You can pan and zoom around the map in the normal way. I've also included a link below the map to a full screen version. When you click on an area, you'll see that it's classified in one of three ways: 'biological', 'geological' or 'mixed'. There are SSSIs all over Scotland but you'll notice that a vast number of them are in the north of Scotland. Many are also along the coast or other water features inland. The furthest north would appear to be Hermaness in Shetland and the furthest south is the Mull of Galloway.
Finally, I've added a static map below which shows all SSSIs - this time coloured by category.
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