Cloch
Cloch or Cloch Point is a point on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, Inverclyde, Scotland. There has been a lighthouse on the point since 1797 to warn ships of The Gantocks, a shipping hazard in the Firth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: point in Inverclyde, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cloch Point” and “Clochnure”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cloch Lighthouse and Castle Levan.
Cloch Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Tom Caldwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cloch or Cloch Point is a point on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, Inverclyde, Scotland. There has been a lighthouse on the point since 1797 to warn ships of The Gantocks, a shipping hazard in the Firth.
Castle Levan
Castle
Castle Levan is a fortified tower house in Levan area of Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland. A building had been on the site from the 14th century, but the present structure was substantially enlarged after 1547 and formed part of the Ardgowan Estates.
Lunderston Bay
Park
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lunderston Bay is located on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde, by the A770 road approximately midway between the town of Gourock and the village of Inverkip.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunoon and Kirn.
Dunoon
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunoon is the ferry port and only town on the Cowal peninsula, in Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands. It's 30 miles from Glasgow yet cut off by Loch Long to the east and Loch Fyne to the west.
Kirn
Village
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirn is a village on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands on the west shore of the Firth of Clyde on the Cowal peninsula. It now forms part of the continuous habitation between Dunoon and Hunters Quay, where the Holy Loch joins the Firth of Clyde.
Cloch
- Category: landform
- Location: Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.94257° or 55° 56′ 33″ northLongitude
-4.879° or 4° 52′ 44″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9C7QW4VC+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 7571503902OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cloch” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cloch Point”
- French: “Cloch Point”
- Irish: “Rubha na Cloiche”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rubha na Cloiche”
- Swedish: “Cloch Point”
- “Cloch Point - Rubha na Cloiche”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cloch Holiday Park and Lunderston Bay.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cloch”. Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 3.0.