Kyles of Bute

The Kyles of Bute are a strait which separates the Scottish island of Bute from the Cowal peninsula on the Scottish mainland. The Kyles of Bute describe a length of 27 km approached a U- shaped curve and circle while the northern part of Bute.

Geography

In the West, the Kyles of Bute begin at the headland Ardlamont point at which the inlet of Loch Fyne in a northerly direction with the Bute Sound extending from the confluence of the Kilbrannan Sound, all of which are arms of the Firth of Clyde. The Kyles of Bute are tapered from an initial width of 3.8 km, first in a northeasterly direction, passing through the coastal village of Tighnabruaich on Cowal and eventually reach Buttock Point, the northernmost cape Bute. From this point on the Kyles of Bute run in a southeasterly direction along the east coast of the island. To the north of the inlet hole Riddon goes off and still cuts about five kilometers into the interior. The following section is of a width of 400 m to 1.1 km of the narrowest. At Strone Point the inlet hole branches Striven from north, while the Kyles of Bute first open to the Kames Bay, then to Rothesay Bay to the west and eventually end up between the two headlands Bogany Point and Toward Point and pass into the Firth of Clyde. At the mouth of the Kyles of Bute about 3.5km far.

In the Kyles of Bute few islands are to be found. These include the Eilean Dubh and the three Burnt Islands. The largest town along the waterway is Rothesay, the main town of Bute.