Cuan Sound

Cuan Sound is a narrow channel, 200 metres (660 ft) wide, located in Argyll, western Scotland. It separates Seil and Luing and later becomes the Firth of Lorn. It has a very strong current.[1] In Cuan Sound, the north-going stream begins 4.5 hours after high water Oban and sets westward; the south-going stream begins 1.5 hours before high water Oban and sets eastward; the streams attain a rate of 7 knots at springs. This coast from Cuan Sound to Easdale Bay is in many places foul and rocky for 1.5 cables of it. Sgeir na Faoileann, a rock above water, one cable from the shore, and 3.5 cables northward of the entrance to Cuan Sound, is surrounded by foul ground, which extends 1.5 cables south-westward from it.[2] Coirebhreacain and Cuan Sound are seldom attempted except near slack water.[3]

Cuan Sound

References

Bartholomew, John George (1904). The survey gazetteer of the British Isles, topographical, statistical, and commercial: compiled from the 1901 census and the latest official returns (Public domain ed.). G. Newnes, limited. pp. 209–. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept (1911). West Coast of Scotland Pilot (Public domain ed.). Printed for the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty by Taylor, Garnett, Evans, & Co. pp. 157–. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1907). Report of the Superintendent ... showing the progress of the work (Public domain ed.). Govt. print. off. pp. 350–. Retrieved 29 October 2011.

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[Bartholomew1904-1] Bartholomew, John George (1904). The survey gazetteer of the British Isles, topographical, statistical, and commercial: compiled from the 1901 census and the latest official returns (Public domain ed.). G. Newnes, limited. pp. 209–. Retrieved 29 October 2011.

[West1911-2] Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept (1911). West Coast of Scotland Pilot (Public domain ed.). Printed for the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty by Taylor, Garnett, Evans, & Co. pp. 157–. Retrieved 29 October 2011.

[Survey1907-3] U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1907). Report of the Superintendent ... showing the progress of the work (Public domain ed.). Govt. print. off. pp. 350–. Retrieved 29 October 2011.