Kyles of Bute

Kyles of Bute
View over the Kyles of Bute at the east end of Bogany Point
Connects waters	Sound of Bute ( Loch Fyne , Kilbrannan Sound )
with water	upper Firth of Clyde
Separates land mass	Isle of Bute
of land mass	Cowal
Data
Geographical location	55 ° 56 ′  N , 5 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 56 ′  N , 5 ° 11 ′  W
length	27 km
Smallest width	400 m
Northernmost point of the Kyles of Bute (looking towards) at the junction for Loch Riddon (to the left)

The Kyles of Bute are a strait that separates the Scottish island of Bute from the Cowal Peninsula on the Scottish mainland. The Kyles of Bute describe an approximate U-shaped course over a length of 27 km and encircle the northern part of Bute.

geography

In the west, the Kyles of Bute begin at the headland Ardlamont Point , at which the inlet Loch Fyne goes off in a northerly direction from the confluence of the Kilbrannan Sound with the Bute Sound , which are all arms of the Firth of Clyde . The Kyles of Bute taper from an initial width of 3.8 km initially in a northeasterly direction, pass the coastal village of Tighnabruaich on Cowal and finally reach Buttock Point , the northernmost Cape of Bute. From this point the Kyles of Bute run in a southeastern direction along the east coast of the island. To the north, the Loch Riddon inlet goes off and cuts about five kilometers inland. The following section is the narrowest with a width of 400 m to 1.1 km. At Strone Point , the inlet of Loch Striven branches off in a northerly direction, while the Kyles of Bute first open to Kames Bay , then to Rothesay Bay in the west and finally end between the two headlands Bogany Point and Toward Point and merge into the Firth of Clyde . At the mouth of the river, the Kyles of Bute are about 3.5 km.

Few islands can be found in the Kyles of Bute. These include the Eilean Dubh and the three Burnt Islands . The largest town along the waterway is Rothesay , the main town of Bute.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bute, Kyle of. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
2. ↑ Kyle of Bute. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 4: (Har - Lib). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, pp. 448-449 .