Kyles of Bute
The Kyles of Bute form a narrow sea channel that separates the northern end of the Isle of Bute from the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, on the Scottish mainland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Sound
- Description: channel in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Na Caoil Bhòdach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eilean Dubh and Eilean Dearg.
Eilean Dubh
Island
Photo: Neil McDermott, CC BY-SA 3.0.
This particular Eilean Dubh is sometimes known as Glen Caladh Island and lies just off the Cowal peninsula in the Kyles of Bute. The island is around 0.3 kilometres at its longest length and rises to a height of 19 metres above sea level.
Eilean Dearg
Islet
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Eilean Dearg is a small island in Loch Ruel in Argyll, Scotland. The island was once home to a castle, which was destroyed by naval action in Argyll's Rising in 1685.
Colintraive Hotel
Hotel
Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Colintraive Hotel is a hotel and pub in Colintraive, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was formerly a hunting lodge for John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute. Colintraive Hotel is situated 2 miles east of Kyles of Bute.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colintraive and Tighnabruaich.
Colintraive
Village
Colintraive is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Once the site where cattle were swum across the narrows to the Isle of Bute, the MV Loch Dunvegan — a ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne — now provides a link to the island. Colintraive is situated 2 miles east of Kyles of Bute.
Tighnabruaich
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tighnabruaich is a village on the Cowal Peninsula, on the western arm of the Kyles of Bute in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. In 2011 the population was 660. Tighnabruaich is situated 2½ miles southwest of Kyles of Bute.
Kames
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kames is a small village on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland, on the shore of the west arm of the Kyles of Bute. Kames is now part of a continuous coastal strip of housing that joins onto Tighnabruaich. Kames is situated 3½ miles southwest of Kyles of Bute.
Kyles of Bute
- Categories: channel and body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Kyles of Bute” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Kyles of Bute”
- Breton: “Na Caoil Bhòdach”
- Cebuano: “Kyles of Bute”
- Chinese: “比特海峡”
- Chinese: “比特海峽”
- Dutch: “Kyles of Bute”
- German: “Kyles of Bute”
- Hebrew: “מצרי ביוט”
- Irish: “Na Caoil Bhódach”
- Japanese: “カイルズ・オブ・ビュート”
- Swedish: “Kyles of Bute”
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