Topographical features such as hills (complete with full contour lines!), dunes, lakelets, channels, and watercourses are clearly labeled and keyed, as are man-made additions including castles, airfields, ferry routes, burial grounds, cairns, hotels and roads. The roads are well distinguished by their degrees of improvement-- you'll not find yourself driving down an unimproved farm lane unless you intended to do so.

The tidal gradients are clearly indicated; that is, two separate coastlines are drawn for high and low tides. This feature gives a very clear idea of which coasts are cliffs, and which are gradual beaches.

The labels are all easily read, even in low-light conditions. The map has detail of a remarkable degree. Its graphics are so sharp and appealing that at the conclusion of my travel, I had it mounted and framed. It now very handsomely fills a three-foot-square area of a wall in my office.

Detail, accuracy, graphic appeal, and utility all get top marks in the Landranger 0031 map of Barra and vicinity.