Firth of Forth
The Firth of Forth is a firth in Scotland, an inlet of the North Sea that separates Fife to its north and Lothian to its south. Further inland, it becomes the estuary of the River Forth and several other rivers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elie and Earlsferry and Castle Tarbet.
Elie and Earlsferry
Village
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Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, and parish, Scotland, situated within the East Neuk beside Chapel Ness on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, eight miles east of Leven. Elie and Earlsferry is situated 4 miles northwest of Firth of Forth.
Castle Tarbet
Locality
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Castle Tarbet is located on the island of Fidra, East Lothian, within the Firth of Forth, Scotland. Castle Tarbet is situated 4½ miles south of Firth of Forth.
St Monans
Village
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St Monans, sometimes spelt St Monance, is a village and parish in the East Neuk of Fife and is named after the legendary Saint Monan. Situated approximately three miles west of Anstruther, the small community, whose inhabitants used to make their living mainly from fishing, is now a tourist destination situated on the Fife Coastal Path. St Monans is situated 4½ miles north of Firth of Forth.
Firth of Forth
- Type: Estuary
- Description: estuary of Scotland’s River Forth
- Categories: firth, estuary, fjord, and body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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”
- 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”
- 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‘”
- 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”
- Italian: “Firth of Forth”
- Japanese: “フォース湾”
- Korean: “포스만”
- Lithuanian: “Forto užutėkis”
- Luxembourgish: “Firth of Forth”
- Macedonian: “Фортски Ферт”
- 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”
- Russian: “Фёрт-оф-Форт”
- Scots: “Firth o Forth”
- Scots: “Firth of Forth”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Linn Giùdain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Linne Foirthe”
- 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: “Firth of Forth”
- Thai: “เฟิร์ธออฟฟอร์ธ”
- Turkish: “Forth Fiyordu”
- Ukrainian: “Ферт-оф-Форт”
- Welsh: “Aber Gweryd”
- Welsh: “Firth o Forth”
- Welsh: “Firth of Forth”
- Welsh: “Moryd Forth”
- Welsh: “Moryd Gweryd”
- Western Frisian: “Firth fan Forth”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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