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Firth of Forth

estuary of Scotland's River Forth
Landform firth Q202083
Firth of Forth
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Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
firth, estuary, fjord[4][5]
Native label
Linne Giùdain, Firth of Forth, Firth o Forth[17][18][19]
Official name
Linne Foirthe, Firth of Forth[15][16]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 56.167°, -2.750°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Scotland[2]
More facts +4
Basin country
Scotland[12]
Described by source
Pauly–Wissowa, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13][14]
Historic county
Fife[20]
Inflows
River Leven, River Almond, River Avon, River Carron, River Esk, River Forth[6][7][8][9][10][11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Firth of Forth en Linne Foirthe en Linne Giùdain ar خور فورث el Κόλπος του Φορθ es Estuario de Forth es Fiordo de Forth es Firth de Forth es Firth of Forth fr Linne Foirthe he לשון הים של פורת' hi फ़ोर्थ का नदमुख ja フォース湾 ko 포스만 pt Estuário do rio Forth ru Ферт-оф-Форт ru Фёрт-оф-Форт sv Firth of Forth (flodmynning i Storbritannien) th เฟิร์ทออฟฟอร์ท tr Forth Fiyordu
🔖 Identifiers · 24
VIAF cluster ID
246205568
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh87001156
GND ID
4275620-0
Australian War Memorial ID
PL1605
BBC Things ID
d4ff3c68-ae55-44c0-8a91-17d258ceb868
Freebase ID
/m/012b91
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2596438
Gazetteer for Scotland place ID
features/featurefirst1120
GeoNames ID
2649178
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7009553
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Firth_of_Forth
Harper's tag
firth-of-forth, forth-firth-of
Show all 24 identifiers +12
Interlingual Index ID
i85397
J9U entity ID
987007539154505171
KBpedia ID
FirthOfForth
Lex ID
Firth_of_Forth
Pleiades ID
89120
Quora topic ID
Firth-of-Forth
SNARC ID
Leaning Tower of Suurhusen
TOID
4000000074798204
Topic's main category
Category:Firth of Forth
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
497445
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
09303637-n
Yale LUX ID
place/c6de7257-56bd-494b-b8dd-88f5e99771d9
📚 Sources · 1
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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Transform
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🔗 Connections
← Located in or next to body of water 17
Edinburgh, Bass Rock, Bo'ness, Isle of May, Fidra, Cramond Island, Inchcolm, Inchmickery +9 more
← Mouth of the watercourse 8
River Forth, Water of Leith, River Tyne, River Carron, River Leven, River Almond, River Esk, River Avon
Inflows 6
River Forth, River Carron, River Leven, River Almond, River Esk, River Avon
← Crosses 4
Forth Bridge, Forth Road Bridge, Queensferry Crossing, Kincardine Bridge
Instance of 3
fjord, estuary, firth
Located in this place 3
Isle of May, Loganair Flight 670A, Battle of May Island
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa
Named after 2
Forth Bridge, Forth Road Bridge
Basin country 1
Scotland
Belongs to 1
North Sea
Country 1
United Kingdom
Has these parts 1
Largo Bay
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Scotland
SNARC ID 1
Leaning Tower of Suurhusen
Topic's main category 1
Category:Firth of Forth
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Firth of Forth
← FactGrid item ID 1
Cummersdale
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The Firth of Forth is a landform located in Scotland.

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Firth of Forth include Forth Bridge[21], a cantilever bridge[22], in United Kingdom[23], founded in 1890[24] and Forth Road Bridge[25], a suspension bridge[26], in United Kingdom[27], founded in 1964[28].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Forth Bridge[21], a cantilever bridge[22], in United Kingdom[23], founded in 1890[24] and Forth Road Bridge[25], a suspension bridge[26], in United Kingdom[27], founded in 1964[28].

Related Entities

Scotland United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [15] ↑ . ainmean-aite.scot. ainmean-aite.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 56.166666666667, 'lon': -2.75}
    Described by source → Pauly–Wissowa, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Scotland
    Topic's main category → Category:Firth of Forth
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: firth-of-forth, Matched to firth of forth (#289925552) in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's"
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