Solway Firth
The Solway Firth is an inlet on the west coast of Great Britain, forming part of the border between England and Scotland. The firth divides Cumbria from Dumfries and Galloway.
- Type: Bay
- Description: firth that forms part of the border between England and Scotland
- Also known as: “Golfe de Solway”, “Golfo de Solway”, “Linne Salmhaigh”, “Linne Solway”, “Solway”, “Solway Coast”, “Solwayský záliv”, “Tràchd Romhra”, “Солуей-Ферт”, and “ソルウェイ湾”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Little Ross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundrennan and Kirkcudbright.
Dundrennan
Village
Solway Firth
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.74708° or 54° 44′ 50″ north
Longitude
-4.04968° or 4° 2′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C6QPXW2+R4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Solway Firth” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Fiordu de Solway”
- Basque: “Solwayko fiordoa”
- Bengali: “সলওয়ে ফার্থ”
- Breton: “Solway Firth”
- Bulgarian: “Солуей Фърт”
- Catalan: “Solway Firth”
- Cebuano: “Solway Firth”
- Chinese: “索尔韦湾”
- Chinese: “索爾威灣”
- Chinese: “索爾韋灣”
- Czech: “Solway Firth”
- Danish: “Solway Firth”
- Dutch: “Solway Firth”
- Finnish: “Solway Firth”
- French: “Solway Firth”
- Galician: “Fiorde de Solway”
- German: “Solway Firth”
- Irish: “Linne Shalmhaigh”
- Italian: “Estuario del Solway”
- Japanese: “ソルウェー湾”
- Latvian: “Solvejfērts”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Solway Firth”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Solway Firth”
- Norwegian: “Solway Firth”
- Persian: “خور سالوی”
- Polish: “Solway Firth”
- Portuguese: “Estuário Solway”
- Russian: “Солуэй-Ферт”
- Russian: “Солуэй-Фёрт”
- Scots: “Solway Firth”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Linne Shalmhaigh”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Solway Firth”
- Slovenian: “Solway Firth”
- Spanish: “Fiordo de Solway”
- Swedish: “Solway Firth”
- Turkish: “Solway Fiyordu”
- Ukrainian: “Солвей-Ферт”
- Venetian: “Fiordo de Solway”
- Welsh: “Merin Rheged”
- Welsh: “Moryd Solway”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Gipsy Point and The Sound.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Lady Katherine’s Plantation and Torrs Bottom Plantation.
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