Great Cumbrae

Great Cumbrae (also known as Cumbrae or the Isle of Cumbrae) is an island in the lower Firth of Clyde at {{gbmapping|NS169566}}. The island is 4 km long by 2 km wide rising to a height of 127 metres above sea level. Its only town, Millport, lies on the south side of the island. The usual population of the island in the 2001 census was 1,434.

Related Topics:
Firth of Clyde - Millport

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A Caledonian MacBrayne ferry connects it with Largs, Ayrshire on the Scottish mainland.

Related Topics:
Largs - Ayrshire - Scottish

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Its neighbouring island of Little Cumbrae to the south-west is privately owned. Both islands have been inhabited since the end of the last ice age, and have examples of the raised beach effect - as the ice melted, the land rose many metres relative to the sea level.

Related Topics:
Little Cumbrae - Raised beach

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The Ordnance Survey Triangulation point (The Glaidstane) at the top of the island gives a panoramic view of the upper Clyde estuary, the much larger islands of Arran and Bute and onwards to Ben Lomond in the north and the Paps of Jura to the west.

Related Topics:
Glaidstane - Arran - Bute - Ben Lomond - Paps of Jura

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