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Solway Firth

The Solway Firth is an inlet on the west coast of , forming part of the border between and . The firth divides from .
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: firth that forms part of the border between England and Scotland
  • Also known as: “Trachd Romhra” and “Tràchd Romhra”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Little Ross.

Island
Photo: Malcolm Morris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 29-acre island with a lighthouse on the Solway Coast south of the town of in Galloway, . It is next to Meikle Ross on the mainland, which is a headland, and there are two small rocks off it, Sugarloaf and Fox Craig.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dundrennan and Kirkcudbright.

Village
Photo: Ed Iglehart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , Scotland, about 5 miles east of . Its population is around 230. is located in the civil parish of Rerrick in the historic county of .

Photo: ian freeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a coastal town in in southwest Scotland, with a poppulation in 2020 of 3350. Farming and fishing are its main trades.

Solway Firth

Latitude
54.74708° or 54° 44′ 50″ north
Longitude
-4.04968° or 4° 2′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C6QPXW2+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1082482521
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2637542
Wiki­data ID
Q195413
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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”
  • Czech: “Solwayský záliv”
  • Danish: “Solway Firth”
  • Dutch: “Solway Firth”
  • Finnish: “Solway Firth”
  • French: “Golfe de Solway”
  • French: “Solway Firth”
  • French: “Solway”
  • Galician: “Fiorde de Solway”
  • German: “Solway Firth”
  • Irish: “Linne Salmhaigh”
  • Irish: “Linne Shalmhaigh”
  • Italian: “Estuario del Solway”
  • Italian: “Solway Firth”
  • Japanese: “ソルウェー湾”
  • Japanese: “ソルウェイ湾”
  • Latvian: “Solvejfērts”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Solway Coast”
  • 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 Salmhaigh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Linne Shalmhaigh”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Solway Firth”
  • Slovenian: “Solway Firth”
  • Slovenian: “Tràchd Romhra”
  • Spanish: “Fiordo de Solway”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Solway”
  • Spanish: “Solway Firth”
  • Swedish: “Solway Firth”
  • Turkish: “Solway Fiyordu”
  • Ukrainian: “Солвей-Ферт”
  • Ukrainian: “Солуей-Ферт”
  • Venetian: “Fiordo de Solway”
  • Welsh: “Merin Rheged”
  • Welsh: “Moryd Solway”

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