Gulf of Corryvreckan

The Gulf of Corryvreckan, also called the Strait of Corryvreckan, is a narrow strait off the west coast of mainland . It is located between the islands of and , in the council area of .
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Latitude
56.15343° or 56° 9′ 12″ north
Longitude
-5.72004° or 5° 43′ 12″ west
Open location code
9C8P573H+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 931752458
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
2652325
Wiki­data ID
Q1896641

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Gulf of Corryvreckan” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Golf van Corryvreckan”
  • Afrikaans: “Straat van Corryvreckan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Korrivrekan körfəzi”
  • Burmese: “ကော်ရီဘရယ်ကန်ပင်လယ်ကွေ့”
  • Catalan: “golf de Corrievreckan”
  • Cebuano: “Gulf of Corryvreckan”
  • Chinese: “阿貝漩渦”
  • Chinese: “阿贝漩涡”
  • Czech: “Corryvreckan”
  • French: “Corryvreckan”
  • French: “Détroit de Corryvreckan”
  • French: “golfe de Corryvreckan”
  • German: “Corryvreckan”
  • German: “Golf von Corryvreckan”
  • German: “Strasse von Corryvreckan”
  • German: “Straße von Corryvreckan”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk Corryvreckan”
  • Irish: “Coire Bhreacain”
  • Japanese: “コリーヴレッカン”
  • Japanese: “コリーヴレッカン湾”
  • Korean: “코리브리컨만”
  • Malay: “Teluk Corryvreckan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Corryvreckan”
  • Norwegian: “Corryvreckan”
  • Persian: “خلیج کری رکن”
  • Spanish: “Corryvreckan”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Corryvreckan”
  • Swedish: “Gulf of Corryvreckan”

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