Laggan Bay
| Laggan Bay | |
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| Waters | Loch Indaal |
| Land mass | Islay |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 17 ′ 45 ″ W |
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| Tributaries | Kintra River , Laggan |
 Panorama of Laggan Bay |
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The Laggan Bay is a bay of the Scottish island of Islay . It is a side bay of Loch Indaal . Islays Airfield is located on Laggan Bay .
geography
Laggan Bay extends in the south of the island between Cape Rubha Mor on the Oa Peninsula and Laggan Point in the north. The wide, approximately eight kilometers long bay opens to the southwest and offers no protection from the Atlantic Ocean . A sandy beach runs almost the entire length of the bay. In the north, about one kilometer east of Laggan Point, the Laggan, the longest river Islays , flows into Laggan Bay.
Shipping accidents
Several ships ran aground in Laggan Bay in the 19th century. The Jessie Robertson, whose home port is Wick , ran aground there on January 29, 1851 on her way from St. Margaret's Hope on the Orkney Islands to Derry, Northern Ireland . On January 23, 1866, the Roscoe ran aground in Laggan Bay on her voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool . In the following days the ship broke. Parts of the cargo of cedar wood and cotton were saved, as were the passengers. The schooner Nations with home port Irvine , coming from Derry, anchored in Laggan Bay on the night of March 7, 1871, but was driven aground.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ a b Entry on Nations in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on scotlandsplaces.gov.uk ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Entry on Roscoe in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
