Gare Loch
The Gare Loch or Gareloch is an open sea loch in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland, and it bears a similar name to the village of Gairloch in the north west Highlands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include HMNB Clyde and St Modan’s Parish Church (Rosneath).
HMNB Clyde
Military installation
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His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde, primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy. HMNB Clyde is situated 2 miles northwest of Gare Loch.
St Modan’s Parish Church (Rosneath)
Church
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Modan’s Parish Church (Rosneath) is situated 1½ miles south of Gare Loch.
Shandon House, Shore Road, Shandon
Building
Photo: George Rankin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shandon House, Shore Road, Shandon is a building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shandon and Clynder.
Shandon
Village
Photo: George Rankin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shandon is a village on the open sea loch of the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Shandon overlooks the Rosneath Peninsula to the west and is bordered by Glen Fruin to the east, which is the site of the Battle of Glen Fruin, one of the last clan…
Clynder
Village
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Clynder is a place on the western shore of the Gare Loch, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Historically in the County of Dunbarton, Clynder is one of a string of small settlements on the Rosneath Peninsula.
Rhu
Village
Photo: Brian D Osborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhu is a village and historic parish on the east shore of the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The traditional spelling of its name was Row, but it was changed in the 1920s so that outsiders would pronounce it correctly.
Gare Loch
- Type: Inlet
- Description: sea loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Slovenian—“Gare Loch” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gare aintzira”
- Bavarian: “Gare Loch”
- Catalan: “Gare Loch”
- Chinese: “盖尔湖”
- Chinese: “蓋爾湖”
- Dutch: “Gare Loch”
- Esperanto: “Gare Loch”
- French: “Gare Loch”
- German: “Gare Loch”
- Irish: “An Gearr Loch”
- Japanese: “ゲア湖”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “An Gearr Loch”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gare Loch”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gareloch”
- Russian: “Гар Лох”
- Russian: “Гэр-Лох”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Geàrr-loch”
- Slovenian: “Gare Loch”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rosneath and Rahane.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Faslane Port and The Fruin.
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