Cowal

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Aerial view of the peninsula
Typical landscape in Inner Cowals

Cowal ( Gaelic : Còmhghall or Còmhall ) is a peninsula in the Scottish Council Area Argyll and Bute . It was part of the traditional Scottish county of Argyllshire .

geography

The peninsula extends for a length of about 50 km and runs in a south-westerly direction. In the north it is connected to the Scottish mainland by an isthmus between Loch Long and Loch Fyne, about 13 km wide . To the west, the coastline follows the inlet of Loch Fyne until it finally reaches the southern tip of Cowal at Ardlamont Point . At this cape, the Kyles of Bute branch off from Bute Sound and form the south coast of the peninsula. With Loch Riddon and Loch Striven, two side bays of this strait cut into the land mass of Cowals up to 13 km. Cape Toward Point marks the southeastern tip of Cowals. There the Kyles of Bute flow into the Firth of Clyde , which borders the peninsula for 15 km in a northeastern direction. From Strone Point at the end of Holy Loch , the coastline follows Loch Long. To the north, the Glen Croe and Glen Kinglas valleys , through which the A83 runs, border the peninsula. The highest point is the Cowals on the northern border in the Arrochar Alps preferred Beinn an Lochain m with a height of 901. FIG. With the long, narrow Loch Eck and the reservoir Loch Tarsan, there are two larger lakes on the peninsula.

Settlement and infrastructure

Cowal is only sparsely populated and has only a few larger towns or cities, mainly along the coast. The most important places include Dunoon , Innellan and Tighnabruaich . In particular, the Inner Cowal is rural and shows scattered agricultural settlements. These are connected by a few roads, which represent the largest part of the transport infrastructure. These include the A815 , which runs east along the coast via Dunoon and Innellan to the southeastern tip, and the A886 , which connects the western and central areas and leads to a ferry to the opposite island of Bute , where it continues. There are other ferry connections in the southwest to the regions of Knapdale and Kintyre and between Dunoon and Gourock .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ Information Calmac
  4. ^ Information from Argyll Ferries

Web links

Commons : Cowal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 56 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  N , 5 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  W.