Portavadie
Portavadie is a village on the shores of Loch Fyne and the coast of the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland. Portavadie is also the site of a yard built for the construction of oil platforms, which has since been converted into a marina.- Type: Village
- Description: village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Port Vadie” and “Portavaidue”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sgat Mòr and Asgog Loch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Millhouse and Kames.
Millhouse
Village
Millhouse is a village in the parish of Kilfinan. Millhouse is situated 2 miles east of Portavadie.
Kames
Village
Kames is a small village on the Cowal Peninsula… Kames is situated 3 miles northeast of Portavadie.
Tighnabruaich
Village
Tighnabruaich is a village on the Cowal Peninsula… Tighnabruaich is situated 3½ miles northeast of Portavadie.
Portavadie
- Category: locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.87511° or 55° 52′ 30″ north
Longitude
-5.31646° or 5° 18′ 59″ west
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB PVD
Open location code
9C7PVMGM+2C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Portavadie” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Portavadie”
- Dutch: “Portavadie”
- French: “Portavadie”
- Irish: “Port a‘ Mhadaidh”
- Irish: “Port a’ Mhadaidh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Port a‘ Mhadaidh”
- Swedish: “Portavadie”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Cuid Oidhche and Polphail Industrial Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Portavadie and Cnoc na Cille.
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