Crinan Canal
The Crinan Canal is a nine-mile-long navigable canal in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It opened in 1801 and connects the village of Ardrishaig on Loch Gilp with Crinan on the Sound of Jura, providing a navigable route between the Firth of Clyde and the Inner Hebrides, without the need for a long diversion around the Kintyre Peninsula, and in particular the exposed Mull of Kintyre.
- Canal
- …lies at an elevation of 89 feet (27 metres)
- Description: nine-mile navigable canal in Knapdale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, connecting Ardrishaig on Loch Gilp to Crinan on the Sound of Jura; built through the ancestral lands of Clan MacTavish at Dunardry
- Also known as“Crinan Canal Scotland”“Knapdale Canal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunadd and Daill Loch.
Dunadd
Dunadd is a hillfort in Argyll and Bute, Scotland… Dunadd is situated 2 miles northeast of Crinan Canal.
Achnabreck Cup And Ring Marks
Achnabreck Cup And Ring Marks is situated 2 miles east of Crinan Canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cairnbaan and Lochgilphead.
Cairnbaan
Village
Cairnbaan is a village situated on the Crinan Canal, in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland.
Lochgilphead
Lochgilphead is a town at the head of Loch Gilp, an inlet of Loch Fyne.
Achnamara
Village
Achnamara is a village in the Scottish council area of Argyll and Bute. Achnamara is situated 3½ miles southwest of Crinan Canal.
Crinan Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
56.06188° or 56° 3′ 43″ north
Longitude
-5.49763° or 5° 29′ 52″ west
Open location code
9C8P3G62+QW
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Crinan Canal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قناة كرينان”
- Cebuano: “Crinan Canal”
- Chinese: “克里南運河”
- Dutch: “Crinan Canal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة كرينان”
- French: “canal de Crinan”
- French: “Canal de Crinan”
- Galician: “Canle de Crinan”
- German: “Crinan Canal”
- German: “Crinan Kanal”
- German: “Kanal von Crinan”
- Hebrew: “תעלת קרינן”
- Indonesian: “Terusan Crinan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Canàl Chrìonain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Canàl Cnap Daol”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sligh-uisge Chrìonain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sligh‘-uisge a Chrìonain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sligh’-uisge a’ Chrìonain”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Crinan”
- Spanish: “Canal de Crinan”
- Swedish: “Crinan Canal”
- Ukrainian: “Кринанський канал”
- Ukrainian: “Крінанський канал”
- Welsh: “Camlas Crinan”
- Welsh: “Camlas yr Alban”
- “Canal Crinan”
- “Crinan Waterway”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cruach Mor Dunardry and Cnoc na Moine.
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