Balcary Bay
Balcary Bay is a bay in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Balcary Bay is situated nearby to the locality Lot’s Wife, as well as near Door of the Heugh.- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bàgh Bhaile na Cairidh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hestan Island and Balcary Lifeboat Station.
Hestan Island
Island
Photo: Simon Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hestan Island is a small coastal island at the southern foot of the River Urr estuary in the Solway Firth, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
Balcary Lifeboat Station
House
Balcary Lifeboat Station was located under Balcary Hill at Balcary Point, at the southern end of Auchencairn Bay, overlooking Hestan Island on the Solway Firth, approximately 10 miles south of Castle Douglas, in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundrennan.
Dundrennan
Village
Photo: Ed Iglehart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dundrennan is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about 5 miles east of Kirkcudbright. Its population is around 230. Dundrennan is located in the civil parish of Rerrick in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire.
Balcary Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.8296° or 54° 49′ 47″ northLongitude
-3.83237° or 3° 49′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C6RR5H9+R3OpenStreetMap ID
node 994883598OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
11103450Wikidata ID
Q31845104
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Balcary Bay” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Bàgh Bhaile na Cairidh”
- Cebuano: “Balcary Bay”
- Cornish: “Bàgh Bhaile na Cairidh”
- Irish: “Bàgh Bhaile na Cairidh”
- Manx: “Bàgh Bhaile na Cairidh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bàgh Bhaile na Cairidh”
- Swedish: “Balcary Bay”
- Welsh: “Bàgh Bhaile na Cairidh”
- “Bàgh Bhaile na Cairidh”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Balcary and Lot’s Wife.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Balcary Hill and Auchencairn Wood.
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