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Ettrick Bay
A curved bay with a sandy foreshore
Ettrick Bay from the south, looking north as the bay curves to Kildavanan Point
Ettrick Bay is located in Argyll and Bute
Ettrick Bay
Ettrick Bay
LocationIsle of Bute, Argyll and Bute Scotland
Coordinates55°50′39.592″N 5°8′33″W / 55.84433111°N 5.14250°W / 55.84433111; -5.14250
River sourcesGlenmore Burn
Ettrick Burn
Drumachloy Burn
St Colmac Burn
Ocean/sea sourcesAtlantic Ocean
Catchment area22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi)2[1]
Basin countriesScotland
Max. length1.7 km (1.1 mi)
Max. width0.960 km (0.597 mi)
Average depth20 metres (66 ft)

Ettrick Bay is a wide, tidal, sandy coastal embayment with a chord of 1 mile (2 km), on a 218° bearing, located on the west coast of the Isle of Bute in the Firth of Clyde, within council area of Argyll and Bute in Scotland.[2] The bay was used for practice training for the D-Day landings.[3]

  1. ^ "Bathing water profile:Ettrick Bay" (PDF). SEPA. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Ettrick Bay". Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Haswell-Smith2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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