Where is Gulf of Corryvreckan?

Gulf of Corryvreckan is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.1536°, -5.7071°.

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Gulf of Corryvreckan

Gulf of Corryvreckan in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

Raised beach and old sea cliffs - geograph.org.uk - 4160790 — Oliver Dixon — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Gulf of Corryvreckan is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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The Gulf of Corryvreckan (from the Gaelic Coire Bhreacain, meaning 'cauldron of the speckled seas' or 'cauldron of the plaid'), also called the Strait of Corryvreckan, is a narrow strait between the islands of Jura and Scarba, in Argyll and Bute, off the west coast of mainland Scotland. It is possible for tourists to visit the site by way of boat trips from local harbours or sightseeing flights from Oban Airport.

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History

Writing in the 7th century Adamnan called Corryvreckan "Charybdis Brecani". In Adomnan of Iona's Life of St Columba, the saint supposedly has miraculous knowledge of a particular bishop who ran into the "whirlpool of Corryvreckan". However, Adomnan says that this whirlpool was near Rathlin Island, suggesting perhaps either his geography was mistaken (although several other Irish sources of that time period agreed with Adomnan) or alternatively that originally a different place was known as the whirlpool of Corryvreckan and later ages gave this name to the current Corryvreckan, perhaps believing it was the one that Adomnan and others had written about in the 8th century. Adomnan wrote: In…

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