Wigtown Bay
Wigtown Bay is a large inlet of the Irish Sea on the coast of Galloway in southwest Scotland. Its coastline falls entirely within the modern administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway and shared between the historical counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire.Photo: paul c, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, on the north shore of the Solway Firth
- Also known as: “Bàgh Bhaile na h-Ùige”, “Bàgh Wigtown”, and “Wigton Bay”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkandrews.
Kirkandrews
Hamlet
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirkandrews, sometimes written as Kirkanders in older documents, is a coastal hamlet about 9 kilometres west-southwest of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Kirkandrews is situated 5 miles east of Wigtown Bay.
Wigtown Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Wigtown Bay” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Bàgh Bhaile na h-Ùige”
- Breton: “Bàgh Wigtown”
- Catalan: “Wigtown Bay”
- Cebuano: “Wigtown Bay”
- Cornish: “Bàgh Bhaile na h-Ùige”
- Cornish: “Bàgh Wigtown”
- Irish: “Bàgh Bhaile na h-Ùige”
- Irish: “Bàgh Wigtown”
- Manx: “Bàgh Bhaile na h-Ùige”
- Manx: “Bàgh Wigtown”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bàgh Bhaile na h-Ùige”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bàgh Wigtown”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Wigtown Bay”
- Slovenian: “Wigtown Bay”
- Swedish: “Wigtown Bay”
- Welsh: “Bàgh Bhaile na h-Ùige”
- Welsh: “Bàgh Wigtown”
- Welsh: “Wigtown Bay”
- “Bàgh Bhaile na h-Ùige”
- “Bàgh Wigtown”
- “Wigtown Bay”
- “Wigtown Bay - Bàgh Bhaile na h-Ùige”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Garlieston and Carrick Shore.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eggerness Hill and Water of Fleet.
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