River Tay
The River Tay is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in Great Britain. The Tay originates in western Scotland on the slopes of Ben Lui, then flows easterly across the Highlands, through Loch Dochart, Loch Iubhair and Loch Tay, then continues…
Photo: Dudesleeper, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Perth and Kinross, and Stirling, Scotland, UK, flows into the North Sea at the Firth of Tay
- Also known as: “rio Tay”, “río Tay”, and “タイ川”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Elcho Castle and Pitfour Castle.
Elcho Castle
Castle
Photo: Slink pink, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Madoes and Kinfauns.
River Tay
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.37° or 56° 22′ 12″ north
Longitude
-3.33195° or 3° 19′ 55″ west
Open location code
9C8R9MC9+26
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“River Tay” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Թեյ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Tay”
- Basque: “Tay ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Тэй”
- Breton: “Tatha”
- Catalan: “Riu Tay”
- Catalan: “Tay”
- Cebuano: “River Tay”
- Chinese: “泰河”
- Chuvash: “Тэй”
- Croatian: “Tay”
- Czech: “Tay”
- Danish: “Tay”
- Dutch: “Tay”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تاى”
- Finnish: “Tay”
- French: “Tay”
- Galician: “Río Tay”
- Georgian: “ტეი”
- German: “River Tay”
- Hebrew: “טאי”
- Icelandic: “Tay”
- Irish: “Tatha”
- Italian: “Tay”
- Japanese: “テイ川”
- Ladin: “Tay”
- Lithuanian: “Tėjus”
- Macedonian: “Теј”
- Malayalam: “ടേ നദി”
- Mazanderani: “تای روخنه”
- Mingrelian: “ტეი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ტეი”
- Nepali: “टेय”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tay”
- Norwegian: “Tay”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Tay”
- Persian: “رود تی”
- Piemontese: “Tay (fium)”
- Piemontese: “Tay”
- Polish: “Tay”
- Russian: “Тей”
- Russian: “Тэй”
- Scots: “River Tay”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Tatha”
- Serbian: “Теј”
- Serbo-Croatian: “River Tay”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tay”
- Spanish: “Río Tay”
- Spanish: “Tay”
- Swahili: “Mto Tay”
- Swedish: “Tay”
- Turkish: “Tay Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Тей”
- Venetian: “Fiume Tay”
- Welsh: “Afon Tay”
- Western Frisian: “Tay”
- Western Panjabi: “دریاۓ ٹے”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Inchyra and Rhynd.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Pans Hill and Glencarse Hill.
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