Firth o Clyde
The Firth o Clyde is a mukkil bodie o coastal wattir (a firth) on the wast coast o Scotland. It is beildit frae the Atlantic Ocean (til the wast) bi the Kintyre hauf-iland.
At its ooter mairch it is aboot 26 mile (42 km) wyd. At the northren end it brainches-af intil monie voes (lang, nairrae inlats)—thir includes Loch Fyne, Loch Goil, Loch Long an Loch Gare. Ilands in the firth include (frae mukkilest ti wee-est) the Isle o Arran, the Isle o Bute, Gret Cumbrae, Wee Cumbrae, Inchmarnock, Haly Island, Ailsa Craig an Sanda. The bit o the firth atwein Arran an Kintyre is kent as the Kilbrannan Soond.
Thar is nae greement anent whether the estuarie o the River Clyde is pairt o the firth. In Scots Gaelic the mair nairrae landward end is kent as Linne Chluaidh (meinin the same as the Scots) an the mair braid bit til the sooth o thon is kent as Linne Ghlas.
Touns on the shoreline
[eedit | eedit soorce]- On the Scots mainland
- Ardrussan, Ayr
- Cardross
- Dumbairton, Dunoon
- Greenock, Girvan
- Helensburgh
- Irvin
- Largs
- Preswick
- Saulcoats, Stinson
- The Truin
- Wast Kilbride
- On Kintyre an the ilands
Licht-houses
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