Loch Fyne

Loch Fyne
Loch Gilp, Loch Shira
Loch Fine (Scottish Gaelic)
Head of the loch from near St Catherines
Loch Fyne
Location	Cowal Peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Coordinates	56°10′19″N 5°06′00″W / 56.172°N 5.100°W / 56.172; -5.100, grid reference NN0765202128
Type	Sea Loch
Etymology	Vine (wine) lake Loch
River sources	Curl Arstich burn, river garron river Fyne lingerton burn king las water allt na craobh uinsinn Allt oigh Allt oich allt na Craig Abhainn Mor Inverneill river Allt Airigh na brodaig Douglas water dalchenna burn Allt Airigh na brodaig Abhainn Srathain Ardfenaig burn Crinan Canal Inverdrishaig water Allt an bog
Basin countries	Scotland, United Kingdom
Salinity	Seawater
Surface elevation	Sea Level
Frozen	No

Loch Fyne (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Fìne, pronounced [l̪ˠɔx ˈfiːnə]; meaning "Loch of the Vine/Wine"), is a sea loch off the Firth of Clyde and forms part of the coast of the Cowal Peninsula. Located on the west coast of Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It extends 65 kilometres (40 mi) inland from the Sound of Bute, making it the longest of the sea lochs in Scotland. It is connected to the Sound of Jura by the Crinan Canal. Although there is no evidence that grapes have grown there, the title is probably honorific, indicating that the river, Abhainn Fìne (river Fyne), was a well-respected river.

In the north the terrain is mountainous, with the Arrochar Alps, Beinn Bhuidhe, Glen Shira, Glen Fyne, Glen Croe, Arrochar, Tyndrum and Loch Lomond nearby.

It is overlooked by the Tinkers' Heart, an old travellers' monument. It was a place for weddings to traditionally take place.^[1]