Loch Ranza

Loch Ranza
Waters	Kilbrannan Sound
Land mass	Isle of Arran
Geographical location	55 ° 42 '30 " N , 5 ° 17' 39" W Coordinates: 55 ° 42 '30 " N , 5 ° 17' 39" W.
width	approx. 800 m
depth	approx. 1.4 km
Tributaries	Ranza

Loch Ranza is a small bay on the north coast of the Scottish island of Arran . The approximately 1.4 km deep and a maximum of 800 m wide bay is located on Kilbrannan Sound , which separates the island of Arran from the Kintyre peninsula , and runs in a south-southeast direction. At the head of the bay near the village of Lochranza , the small river Ranza flows into the bay. At the western entrance to the bay there is a ferry pier that is served by the regular ferry to Claonaig on Kintyre. The ruins of the medieval Lochranza Castle lie on a headland on the west coast .

Individual evidence

↑ Ranza, hole. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
↑ Loch Ranza. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 5: (Lib - Pet). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1884, p. 543 .

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[1] Ranza, hole. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .

[2] Loch Ranza. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 5: (Lib - Pet). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1884, p. 543 .