Kilbrannan Sound

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Kilbrannan Sound, with Kildonald Bay in the foreground

Kilbrannan Sound (Scottish Gaelic: An Caolas Branndanach) is a marine water body that separates the Kintyre Peninsula of Scotland from the island of Arran. [1] Kilbrannan Sound is the western arm of the Firth of Clyde.

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References

  1. Groome, Francis Hindes (1882). Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical. Vol. II. p. 858.

Coordinates: 55°36′34″N5°26′00″W / 55.60944°N 5.43333°W / 55.60944; -5.43333