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Argyll and Bute

Argyll and Bute is a region in the western . It's a scattered, disparate region, but you can't blame the planners who created it from other counties in 1974.
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is a town in Argyll and Bute on the northwest coast of Scotland. It's a transport hub and most visitors are passing through on the way to the Hebrides, only staying overnight if ferry / train schedules make that necessary; conversely, Hebrideans come here for shopping and other necessities.

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is a town near the south tip of Kintyre, the long narrow peninsula of Argyll in the west of Scotland. It's only 60 mi from Glasgow as the crow flies, but 135 mi by road winding around the many lochs and mountain ranges.

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is a town in Argyll and Bute, on the north bank of the River Clyde 30 miles west of Glasgow, at the opening of Gare Loch. It developed from the 19th century once ferries and the railway connected it to Glasgow: wealthy business people built their villas here, and made sure to keep heavy industry away from their bosky avenues.

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The is an island in the Firth of Clyde, off the west coast of Scotland. Rothesay is the main town. It is part of the "Costa Clyde" or "Glasgow Riviera", the string of little resorts stretching down the Clyde coast from Gourock through Ayr to Girvan.

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is a town at the head of Loch Gilp, an inlet of Loch Fyne. It's the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland, and in 2021 had a population of 2240.

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is in the Argyll and Bute region of Highland Scotland, on the north shore of Loch Fyne. It's dominated by its castle, built by the 3rd Duke of Argyll - but the 5th Duke went further and rebuilt the entire town 1772-1800.

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is an island 3 miles off Argyll on the west coast of Scotland. The name is probably from Norse Guðey, “god’s island” or “good island”. It’s about 6 miles north-south by 1½ miles wide, and in 2011 had a population of 163.

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is an island connected by bridge to the mainland of Argyll on the west coast of Scotland. It has limited accommodation and is usually visited as a day trip from 12 mi north.

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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.

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is a village in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. An Tairbeart is a Gaelic term meaning "carry across", indicating an isthmus where small boats could be portaged from one body of water to another.

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in Argyll and Bute is the first sizable village that you reach while heading north along ; 3 miles further north is Inverbeg. Although nowadays bypassed by the A82 main road, they're both busy and touristy, especially where every coach excursion stops for photos and the gift shop, disgorging tourists asking if this is the loch that contains the Loch Ness Monster.

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is a village in Argyll and Bute in the Highlands of Scotland. It's on the south shore of Loch Etive, at a point where the loch is pinched, so for centuries it was a ferry crossing.

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is a village in Argyll and Bute, on the tip of the Rosneath peninsula. To the east of the peninsula is Gare Loch, west is Loch Long, and south is the Firth of Clyde.

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is a village on in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Arrochar is a village two miles west, on Loch Long. and Arrochar are good bases for exploring the west bank of Loch Lomond, but they're far from peaceful.

Argyll and Bute

Latitude of center
56.0369° or 56° 2′ 13″ north
Longitude of center
-5.4368° or 5° 26′ 12″ west
Population
86,200
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Abbreviation
“AGB”
United Nations Location Code
GB GYL
Geo­Names ID
6457407
Wiki­data ID
Q202174
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Argyll and Bute” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أرجيل وبوت”
  • Arabic: “أرغيل وبوت”
  • Armenian: “Արգայլ ընդ Բյութ”
  • Asturian: “Argyll y Bute”
  • Azerbaijani: “Arqayl və Büt”
  • Azerbaijani: “Arqayl-end-Büt”
  • Basque: “Argyll eta Bute”
  • Belarusian: “Аргайл і Б’ют”
  • Bengali: “আর্জেল ও বুট”
  • Breton: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Breton: “Argyll ha Bute”
  • Bulgarian: “Аргайл анд Бют”
  • Bulgarian: “Аргил анд Бют”
  • Catalan: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Catalan: “Argyll i Bute”
  • Catalan: “Consell d’Argyll and Bute”
  • Cebuano: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Chechen: “Аргайл а Бьют а”
  • Chechen: “Аргайл а, Бьют а”
  • Chinese: “Argyll kap Bute”
  • Chinese: “阿盖尔-比特”
  • Chinese: “阿盖尔和比特”
  • Chinese: “阿蓋爾-比特”
  • Croatian: “Argyll i Bute”
  • Czech: “Argyll a Bute”
  • Czech: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Danish: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Dutch: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Esperanto: “Argyll kaj Bute”
  • Estonian: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Finnish: “Argyll ja Bute”
  • French: “Argyll & Bute”
  • French: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Galician: “Argyll and Bute”
  • German: “Argyll and Bute”
  • German: “Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bod”
  • German: “Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd”
  • German: “GB-AGB”
  • Gujarati: “આર્ગીલ અને બૂટ”
  • Hebrew: “ארגייל וביוט”
  • Icelandic: “Argyll og Bute”
  • Indonesian: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Irish: “Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd”
  • Italian: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Italian: “Argyll e Bute”
  • Japanese: “アーガイル・アンド・ビュート”
  • Japanese: “アーガイル・ビュート”
  • Japanese: “アーガイルアンドビュート”
  • Japanese: “アーガイルビュート”
  • Kannada: “ಆರ್ಗೈಲ್ ಮತ್ತು ಬ್ಯುಟೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Аргайл-энд-Бьют”
  • Korean: “아가일 뷰트 주”
  • Korean: “아가일 뷰트”
  • Korean: “아가일 앤 뷰트”
  • Korean: “아가일 앤드 뷰트”
  • Korean: “아가일뷰트 주”
  • Korean: “아가일뷰트”
  • Lithuanian: “Argailas ir Bjutas”
  • Lithuanian: “Ergailas ir Biutas”
  • Manx: “Oirr ny Gaeil as Boad”
  • Manx: “Oirr ny Gaeil as Ellan Voaid”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Argyll kap Bute”
  • Northern Frisian: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Argyll og Bute”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Argyll og Bute”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd”
  • Norwegian: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Argyll e Bute”
  • Ossetian: “Аргайл æмæ Бьют”
  • Persian: “آرگایل و بوت”
  • Polish: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Polish: “Argyll i Bute”
  • Portuguese: “Argyl and Bute”
  • Portuguese: “Argyll & Bute”
  • Portuguese: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Portuguese: “Argyll e Bute”
  • Portuguese: “Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd”
  • Romanian: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Russian: “Аргайл и Бьют”
  • Russian: “Аргайл-энд-Бьют”
  • Scots: “Argyll an Bute”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Comhairle Earra-Ghaidheal is Bhòid”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Earra-Ghaidheal is Bhòid”
  • Serbian: “Википедија:Пренос чланака/Argyll i Bute”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Argyll i Bute”
  • Slovak: “Argyll a Bute”
  • Slovenian: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Spanish: “Argyll & Bute”
  • Spanish: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Spanish: “Argyll y Bute”
  • Swedish: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Swedish: “Argyll och Bute”
  • Tagalog: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Tamil: “அகில் & பூட்”
  • Telugu: “ఆర్గిల్ అండ్ బుట్”
  • Turkish: “Argyll and Bute”
  • Ukrainian: “Аргайл-енд-Б’ют”
  • Ukrainian: “Аргайл-і-Б’ют”
  • Ukrainian: “Аргілл-і-Б’ют”
  • Urdu: “ارجیل اینڈ بوتی”
  • Urdu: “ارگیل اور بوٹے”
  • Welsh: “Argyll a Bute”
  • Western Panjabi: “ارگائل اینڈ بیوٹے”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Argyll and Bute”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.