Holy Loch

55 987 - 4.933Koordinaten: 55 ° 59 ' 13 " N, 4 ° 55 ' 59 " W

Holy Loch ( Scottish Gaelic Loch An Sianta / Seunta ) is an inlet and an arm of the Firth of Clyde in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Holy Loch opens at its eastern end to the Firth of Clyde, a mile wide, and - depending on the tide - two to three miles long. South of the estuary is situated on the Cowal Peninsula, the city Dunoon, from there follow along the southern bank of the villages of Kirn and Hunter 's Quay, Ardnadam and sandbar. The landscape at the end of the hole is uninhabited, while on the north bank and follow Kilmun Strone. Some of the places connected by ferry with each other and Gourock. Overland the area is connected by a road with Oban.

During the Second World War or Dunoon Holy Loch served as a submarine base of the Royal Navy and has been intensively used for exercises and tests. In the cemetery of Dunoon the graves of the crew of sunken in an accident and later upscale boat HMS Untamed remember that time. Between 1960 and 1992 used the U.S. Navy Holy Loch as a location for nuclear submarines, against their presence, there have always been demonstrations.

The name is attributed to the fact that here in the 6th century St. Munn is gone ashore allegedly after he had left Ireland.