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National The ___MASK83___ encloses the largest and deepest coastal waters in the ___MASK92___ , sheltered from the ___MASK40___ by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire , Scotland . The Kilbrannan Sound is a large arm of the ___MASK83___ , separating the Kintyre Peninsula from the Isle of Arran . Within the ___MASK83___ is another major island - the Isle of Bute . Given its strategic location , at the entrance to the middle / upper Clyde , Bute played a vitally important military ( naval ) role during World War II . Firth is a word in the Scots and English languages used to denote various coastal waters in Scotland and ___MASK70___ . In mainland Scotland , it is used to refer to a large sea bay , or even a strait . In the Northern Isles , it more usually refers to a smaller inlet . It is linguistically cognate to " fjord " ( both from Proto - Germanic *" ferþuz ") which has a more constrained sense in English . Bodies of water named " firths " tend to be more common on the east ___MASK44___ , or in the southwest of the country , although the Firth of Lorn is an exception to this . The Highland ___MASK44___ contains numerous estuaries , straits , and inlets of a similar kind , but not called " firth " ( e . g . the Minch and Loch Torridon ); instead , these are often called sea lochs . Arran or the ___MASK39___ , at , is the largest island in the ___MASK83___ and the seventh largest Scottish island . It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire . In the 2011 census it had a resident population of 4 , 629 . Though culturally and physically similar to the Hebrides , it is separated from them by the ___MASK97___ peninsula . It is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault and has been described as a " geologist ' s paradise ". Strone ( Scottish Gaelic : An t - Sròn ) is a village in Argyll in south - west Scotland at the point where the north shore of the Holy Loch becomes the west shore of the ___MASK83___ . Kilbrannan Sound ( Scottish Gaelic : " An Caolas Branndanach ") is a marine water body that separates the ___MASK97___ Peninsula of Scotland from the island of Arran . Kilbrannan Sound is the western arm of the Firth of Clyde . Scotland ( Scots : ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of ___MASK29___ . It shares a border with ___MASK70___ to the south , and is otherwise surrounded by the ___MASK40___ , with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south - west . In addition to the mainland , the country is made up of more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . ___MASK78___ is a peninsula and region that extends into the Firth of Clyde , in the south of Argyll and Bute , in the west of Scotland . Dunoon on the southeast coast of ___MASK78___ , on the Firth of Clyde , is the main town on ___MASK78___ . The ___MASK40___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". Ayrshire is a historic county in south - west Scotland , located on the shores of the ___MASK83___ . It is also , under the name the County of Ayr , a registration county . Its principal towns include Ayr , Kilmarnock and Irvine . Like the other counties of Scotland , it currently has no administrative function , instead being sub - divided into the council areas of North Ayrshire , South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire . It has a population of approximately 366 , 800 . Ayr (" Mouth of the River Ayr ") is a large town and former Royal Burgh situated on the west ___MASK44___ of Ayrshire in Scotland , United Kingdom . It is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire Council area and historical county town of Ayrshire . Ayr is currently the most populated settlement in Ayrshire and is the 12th most populous settlement in Scotland . Ayr adjoins the smaller town of Prestwick to the north , forming a single continuous urban area with the town . The Holy Loch ( Scottish Gaelic " An Loch Sianta / Seunta ") is a Sea Loch , a part of the ___MASK78___ Peninsula coast of the Firth of Clyde , in Argyll and Bute , Scotland . ___MASK97___ is a peninsula in western Scotland , in the southwest of Argyll and Bute . The pennsula stretches about , from the Mull of ___MASK97___ in the south to East Loch Tarbert in the north . The area immediately north of ___MASK97___ is known as Knapdale .