Sound of Bute

{{Short description|Sound of Bute, Firth of Clyde, Scotland}}

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The Sound of Bute is a broad sound, separating the islands of Arran and Bute, on the west coast of Scotland. The sound leads up from the lower Firth of Clyde and passes the island of Inchmarnock. Then splits into the Kyles of Bute, Loch Fyne and round the north end of island of Arran into the Kilbrannan Sound.{{cite book | title=Arran & Bute : a traveller's guide | first1=Christine | last1=Wiener | publisher=S. Forsyth | date=1996 | isbn=095154764X | url=https://archive.org/details/arranbutetravell0000wien/page/96 }}{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bute (island) |volume= 4 |last= | pages = 878–879; see line four|quote=... the Sound of Bute, about 6 m. wide, which divides it from Arran}}

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