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Argyll & Bute

Fingal’s Cave

Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of , in the of , known for its natural acoustics. The National Trust for Scotland owns the cave as part of a national nature reserve.
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: sea cave in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Fingals Cave”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Staffa.

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is an island in the , best known for Fingal's Cave. It's an uninhabited wildlife reserve extending 1 km north-south by 500 m east-west, owned by the National Trust for Scotland and reached by boat trips from .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kintra.

Hamlet
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, meaning "head of the beach" in Scottish Gaelic, is a settlement on the North-Western coast of the , . The settlement is within the parish of Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon. is situated 6 miles south of Fingal’s Cave.

Fingal’s Cave

Latitude
56.4315° or 56° 25′ 53″ north
Longitude
-6.34136° or 6° 20′ 29″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
9C8MCMJ5+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 881565136
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2649427
Wiki­data ID
Q403134
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Fingal’s Cave” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shpella e Fingalit”
  • Arabic: “كهف فينغال”
  • Armenian: “Ֆինգալի քարանձավ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Fingal mağarası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Finqal mağarası”
  • Basque: “Fingalen haitzuloa”
  • Bengali: “ফিংগাল’স কেভ”
  • Breton: “Mougev Fingal”
  • Bulgarian: “Фингалова пещера”
  • Catalan: “cova de Fingal”
  • Catalan: “cova Fingal”
  • Catalan: “Fingal’s Cave”
  • Cebuano: “Fingals Cave”
  • Chinese: “芬加爾的洞穴”
  • Chinese: “芬戈尔洞”
  • Czech: “Fingal’s Cave”
  • Czech: “Fingalova jeskyně”
  • Danish: “Fingal’s Cave”
  • Dutch: “Fingal’s Cave”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف فينجال”
  • Finnish: “Fingalin luola”
  • French: “grotte de Fingal”
  • French: “Grotte de Fingal”
  • Georgian: “ფინგალის მღვიმე”
  • German: “Fingal’s Cave”
  • German: “Fingalshöhle”
  • Hebrew: “מערת פינגאל”
  • Hungarian: “Fingal-barlang”
  • Irish: “Uaimh-Binn”
  • Italian: “Fingal’s cave”
  • Italian: “grotta di Fingal”
  • Italian: “Grotta di Fingal”
  • Japanese: “フィンガルの洞窟”
  • Japanese: “フィンガル洞窟”
  • Korean: “핑갈 동굴”
  • Korean: “핑갈의 동굴”
  • Korean: “핑걸 동굴”
  • Korean: “핑걸의 동굴”
  • Malayalam: “ഫിംഗാളിന്റെ ഗുഹ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fingalshulen - hule i Skottland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fingal’s Cave”
  • Polish: “Fingal’s Cave”
  • Polish: “Grota Fingala”
  • Portuguese: “Gruta de Fingal”
  • Romanian: “peștera lui Fingal”
  • Russian: “Пещера Фингала”
  • Russian: “Фингалова пещера”
  • Serbian: “Фингалова пећина”
  • Slovenian: “Fingal’s Cave”
  • Slovenian: “Fingalova jama”
  • Spanish: “Gruta de Fingal”
  • Swedish: “Fingals Cave”
  • Swedish: “Fingals grotta”
  • Ukrainian: “Фінгалова печера”
  • Welsh: “Ogof Fingal”
  • Western Panjabi: “فنگال دی غار”
  • “Fingal’s Cave”

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