Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth is a bay in , an inlet of the that separates to its north and to its south. Further inland, it becomes the estuary of the and several other rivers.
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  • Estuary
  • Description: estuary of Scotland’s River Forth
  • Also known as
    “Linne Foirthe”
    “Linne Giùdain”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elie and Earlsferry and Castle Tarbet.
George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a coastal town and former royal… is situated 4 miles northwest of Firth of Forth.
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is located on the island of , , within the Firth of Forth, Scotland. is situated 4½ miles south of Firth of Forth.
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, sometimes spelt St Monance, is a village… is situated 4½ miles north of Firth of Forth.

Firth of Forth

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Latitude
56.13713° or 56° 8′ 14″ north
Longitude
-2.7713° or 2° 46′ 17″ west
Open location code
9C8V46PH+VF
Geo­Names ID
2649178
Wiki­data ID
Q202083

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Firth of Forth” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Firth of Forth”
  • Arabic: “خور فورث”
  • Armenian: “Ֆերտ օֆ Ֆորտ”
  • Asturian: “Fiordu de Forth”
  • Basque: “Firth of Forth”
  • Basque: “Fortheko fiordoa”
  • Belarusian: “Ферт-оф-Форт”
  • Breton: “Firth of Forth”
  • Breton: “Linne Foirthe”
  • Breton: “Linne Giùdain”
  • Bulgarian: “Фърт ъф Форт”
  • Catalan: “Fiord de Forth”
  • Catalan: “Firth of Forth”
  • Cebuano: “Firth of Forth”
  • Chinese: “福士灣”
  • Chinese: “福夫灣”
  • Chinese: “福斯湾”
  • Chinese: “福斯灣”
  • Cornish: “Linne Foirthe”
  • Cornish: “Linne Giùdain”
  • Czech: “Firth of Forth”
  • Danish: “Firth of Forth”
  • Dutch: “Firth of Forth”
  • Esperanto: “Firth of Forth”
  • Estonian: “Firth of Forth”
  • Estonian: “Forthi laht”
  • Finnish: “Firth of Forth”
  • French: “Firth of Forth”
  • French: “Linne Foirthe”
  • Galician: “Estuario de Forth”
  • Galician: “Estuario do Forth”
  • Galician: “Fiorde de Forth”
  • Galician: “Firth of Forth”
  • German: “Firth of Forth”
  • Greek: “Κόλπος του Φορθ”
  • Hausa: “Firth of Forth”
  • Hebrew: “לשון הים של פורת‘”
  • Hindi: “फ़ोर्थ का नदमुख”
  • Hungarian: “Firth of Forth”
  • Icelandic: “Firth of Forth”
  • Icelandic: “Forthfjörður”
  • Icelandic: “Linne Foirthe”
  • Indonesian: “Firth of Forth”
  • Irish: “Linne Foirthe”
  • Irish: “Linne Giùdain”
  • Italian: “Firth of Forth”
  • Japanese: “フォース湾”
  • Korean: “포스만”
  • Latvian: “Fērtoforts”
  • Lithuanian: “Forto užutėkis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Firth of Forth”
  • Macedonian: “Фортски Ферт”
  • Manx: “Linne Foirthe”
  • Manx: “Linne Giùdain”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Firth of Forth”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Forthfjorden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Firth of Forth”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Linne Foirthe”
  • Norwegian: “Firth of Forth”
  • Persian: “خور فورث”
  • Polish: “Firth of Forth”
  • Portuguese: “Estuário do Forth”
  • Portuguese: “Estuário do rio Forth”
  • Romanian: “Firth of Forth”
  • Russian: “Ферт-оф-Форт”
  • Scots: “Firth o Forth”
  • Scots: “Firth of Forth”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Firth of Forth”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Linn Giùdain”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Linne Foirthe”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Linne Giùdain”
  • Serbian: “Ферт ов Форт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Firth of Forth”
  • Slovak: “Firth of Forth”
  • Slovenian: “Firth of Forth”
  • Spanish: “Estuario de Forth”
  • Spanish: “Fiordo de Forth”
  • Spanish: “Firth de Forth”
  • Spanish: “Firth of Forth”
  • Swedish: “Firth of Forth (flodmynning i Storbritannien)”
  • Swedish: “Firth of Forth”
  • Thai: “เฟิร์ทออฟฟอร์ท”
  • Turkish: “Forth Fiyordu”
  • Ukrainian: “Ферт-оф-Форт”
  • Welsh: “Aber Gweryd”
  • Welsh: “Firth o Forth”
  • Welsh: “Firth of Forth”
  • Welsh: “Linne Foirthe”
  • Welsh: “Linne Giùdain”
  • Welsh: “Moryd Forth”
  • Welsh: “Moryd Gweryd”
  • Western Frisian: “Firth fan Forth”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Elie and Earlsferry.

Notable Places Nearby

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