Inch Garvie
Inchgarvie or Inch Garvie is a small, uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth. On the rocks around the island sit four caissons that make up the foundations of the Forth Bridge.Photo: Kitkatcrazy, Public domain.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the Firth of Forth, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Inchgarvie”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Forth Road Bridge and Deep Sea World.
Forth Road Bridge
Bridge
The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and, at the time, was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States.
Deep Sea World
Public aquarium
Photo: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Deep Sea World is an aquarium located in the village of North Queensferry in Fife, Scotland. It is host to a collection of large sand tiger sharks, also known as ragged toothed sharks or grey nurse sharks, and various other species of shark.
North Queensferry railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tbatb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North Queensferry railway station is a railway station in the village of North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 11+1⁄4 miles northwest of Edinburgh Waverley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Queensferry and South Queensferry.
North Queensferry
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Queensferry is a village in Fife in central Scotland, with a population of just over 1000 in 2022. It's on the north bank of the Firth of Forth, at a narrow point that has been a ferry crossing for many centuries.
South Queensferry
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
South Queensferry is a town on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in West Lothian, 10 miles west of Edinburgh. Historically it was the ferry port for crossing to Fife, then in modern times it acquired three bridges.
Dalmeny
Village
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dalmeny is a village and civil parish in Scotland. It is located on the south side of the Firth of Forth, 1 mile southeast of South Queensferry and 8 miles west of Edinburgh city centre.
Inch Garvie
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.00099° or 56° 0′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.38653° or 3° 23′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C8R2J27+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 319902276OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
Discover Inch Garvie from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Inch Garvie” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Inch Garvie”
- French: “Inch Garvie”
- French: “Inchgarvie”
- Irish: “Innis Garbhach”
- Italian: “Inch Garviee”
- Italian: “Inchgarvie”
- Japanese: “インチガーヴィー島”
- Japanese: “インチガービ島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Inch Garvie”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Inchgarvie”
- Russian: “Инчгарви”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Innis Garbhach”
- Swedish: “Inch Garvie”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Whitehouse Point and Bankhead Steading.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Forth Bridge Viewpoint and Forth Railway Bridge Viewpoint.
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