Kilbrannan Sound

Kilbrannan Sound
Kilbrannan Sound
An Caolas Branndanach (Scottish Gaelic)
	Scrubby coastal area at the north of Kildonald Bay
	Kilbrannan Sound
Location	Firth of Clyde
Coordinates	55°36′34″N5°26′00″W / 55.60944°N 5.43333°W
Type	Sound
Basin countries	Scotland
Surface elevation	0 metres (0 ft)
Frozen	No
Islands	Isle of Arran

Last updated January 28, 2026

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

References

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

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

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Landforms	Anchialine pool Archipelago Atoll Avulsion Ayre Barrier island Bay Bight Bodden Brackish marsh Cape Channel Cliff Coast Coastal plain Coastal waterfall Continental margin Continental shelf Coral reef Cove Dune cliff-top Estuary Firth Fjard Fjord Freshwater marsh Fundus Gat Geo Gulf Gut Hapua Headland Inlet Intertidal wetland Island Islet Isthmus Liman Lagoon Machair Mudflat Natural arch Peninsula Reef Ria Salt marsh Shoal Skerry Sound Spit Stack Strait Strand plain Submarine canyon Tidal island Tidal marsh Tide pool Tied island Tombolo Waituna Windwatt
Beaches	Beach cusps Beach evolution Beach ridge Beach wrack Beaches in estuaries and bays Beachrock Coastal morphodynamics Pocket beach Raised beach Recession Shell beach Shingle beach Storm beach Wash margin
River mouths	Debouch Mouth bar River delta mega regressive
Processes	Blowhole Cliffed coast Coastal biogeomorphology Coastal erosion Concordant coastline Current Cuspate foreland Discordant coastline Emergent coastline Feeder bluff Flat coast Graded shoreline Ingression coast Large-scale coastal behaviour Longshore drift Marine regression Marine transgression Raised shoreline Rip current Rocky shore Sea cave Sea foam Shoal peresyp Steep coast Submergent coastline Surf break Surf zone Surge channel Swash Undertow Volcanic arc Wave-cut platform Wave shoaling Wind fetch Wind wave
Management	Accretion Coastal management Integrated coastal zone management Submersion
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Kilbrannan Sound
An Caolas Branndanach (Scottish Gaelic)
Scrubby coastal area at the north of Kildonald Bay
Kilbrannan Sound
Location	Firth of Clyde
Coordinates	55°36′34″N5°26′00″W / 55.60944°N 5.43333°W / 55.60944; -5.43333
Type	Sound
Basin countries	Scotland

Surface elevation	0 metres (0 ft)

Frozen	No
Islands	Isle of Arran