Powder Dam (upper)
Powder Dam (upper) is a lake in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Powder Dam (upper) is situated nearby to the locality Coire Ban, as well as near Creagan Conasgach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Asgog Loch and Tighnabruaich Lifeboat Station.
Asgog Loch
Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Asgog Loch is a natural freshwater loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located about 4 kilometres southwest of Tighnabruaich, on the Cowal peninsula.
Tighnabruaich Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Johnny Durnan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tighnabruaich Lifeboat Station is located at the harbour at Tighnabruaich, a village on the Cowal peninsula, on the Kyles of Bute, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tighnabruaich and Kames.
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.
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.
Portavadie
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portavadie is a village on the shores of Loch Fyne on the coast of the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland. The Portavadie complex was built in 1975 by the then Scottish Office for the purpose of constructing concrete platforms for extraction of oil from the North Sea.
Powder Dam (upper)
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.9166° or 55° 54′ 60″ northLongitude
-5.2793° or 5° 16′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C7PWP8C+J7OpenStreetMap ID
way 26342159OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coire Ban and Creagan Conasgach.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Powder Dam (Lower) and Capull Cloch.
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