The Firth and other nearby waterways

The Firth of Lorne is a body of water on Scotland's west coast, in Argyll and Bute. It lies between the Isle of Mull to the northwest and the Isles of Kerrera, Seil and Luing (the Slate Islands) along with parts of the Scottish mainland southwest of Oban on the southeast side. The firth's width ranges from 5 to 10 km. It is about 25 km long. Image File history File links FirthofLornmap. ... Image File history File links FirthofLornmap. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd in Gaelic) is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy Area in Scotland. ... Tobermory with 700 people, the largest settlement on Mull, is home to the only whisky distillery on the island. ... Looking towards Gylen Castle, Kerrera. ... Seil is one of the Slate Islands, lying west of Argyll in Scotland. ... Luing (An t-Eilean Luinn in Gaelic) is one of the Slate Islands, in Lorne, in the west of Argyll in Scotland, about 16 miles south of Oban. ... The Slate Islands are an island group in the Inner Hebrides, lying immediately off the west coast of Scotland, north of Jura and south west of Oban. ... View of Oban from Druim Mor. ... Firth is the Scots word used to denote various coastal waters in Scotland. ...

The long narrow basin forming the firth is part of the Great Glen Fault, which runs through its namesake, the Great Glen, and Loch Linnhe before joining with the Firth of Lorne, whence it runs further southwest across Ireland. The Great Glen Geological Fault The Great Glen Fault is a long strike-slip fault or ancient transform fault that runs through its namesake the Great Glen (Glen Albyn) in Scotland. ... The Great Glen, also known as Glen Albyn or Glen Mor is a series of valleys in Scotland running 100 kilometers from Inverness on the Moray Firth to Fort William at the head of Loch Linnhe. ... Loch Linnhe is a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. ...

The firth's northeast end forms a junction with several other arms of the sea, namely Loch Linnhe, the Lynn of Lorne, Loch Etive and the Sound of Mull. Loch Spelve and Loch Don on the Isle of Mull and Loch Feochan on the mainland are inlets of the Firth of Lorne. On the southeast side, there are also several channels and sounds in the Slate Islands. Loch Etive looking NE from Sron nam Feannag. ... In physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks. ... Northern Øresund Puget Sound and Mt. ...

Tidal conditions in and around the Firth of Lorne cause a number of interesting phenomena, such as the Falls of Lora at the outlet of Loch Etive, and whirlpools and standing waves in the Gulf of Corryvreckan between Scarba and Jura. The tide is the cyclic rising and falling of Earths ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun acting on the Earth. ... The Falls of Lora is a tidal race which forms at the mouth of Loch Etive when a particularly high tide runs out from the loch. ... Saltstraumen off Norway. ... A standing wave, also known as a stationary wave, is a wave that remains in a constant position. ... The Gulf of Corryvreckan (from the Gaelic Coirebhreacain meaning cauldron of the speckled seas), also called the Strait of Corryvreckan, is a narrow channel between the islands of Jura and Scarba, off the west coast of Scotland. ... Scarba shown within Argyll Scarba is a small island, west of Argyll in Scotland, just north of the larger island of Jura. ... Jura shown within Argyll Satellite picture of Jura Jura (Scottish Gaelic Diùra) is a Scottish island, in the Inner Hebrides. ...

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