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'''Kilbrannan Sound''' is a sound in the [[Firth of Clyde]], which separates the [[Kintyre]] Peninsula of [[Argyllshire]] from the [[Isle of Arran]], which belongs to [[Buteshire]]. | '''Kilbrannan Sound''' is a sound in the [[Firth of Clyde]], which separates the [[Kintyre]] Peninsula of [[Argyllshire]] from the [[Isle of Arran]], which belongs to [[Buteshire]]. | ||
| − | Kilbrannan Sound is the western arm of the Firth of Clyde, reaching down the whole west side of Arran and the greater part of Kintyre's eastern shore. It is joined to the main body of the Firth of Clyde in | + | Kilbrannan Sound is the western arm of the Firth of Clyde, reaching down the whole west side of Arran and the greater part of Kintyre's eastern shore. It is joined to the main body of the Firth of Clyde in the north by the [[Sound of Bute]], and at its southern end the Firth opens into the [[North Channel]]. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 21:25, 7 September 2016
Kilbrannan Sound is a sound in the Firth of Clyde, which separates the Kintyre Peninsula of Argyllshire from the Isle of Arran, which belongs to Buteshire.
Kilbrannan Sound is the western arm of the Firth of Clyde, reaching down the whole west side of Arran and the greater part of Kintyre's eastern shore. It is joined to the main body of the Firth of Clyde in the north by the Sound of Bute, and at its southern end the Firth opens into the North Channel.
References
- Location map: 55°36’34"N, 5°25’60"W
- Francis Hindes Groome. 1882. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland: a survey of Scottish topography. Page 70
