Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BALVAST, or Poolvash Bay

BALVAST, or Poolvash Bay, a bay at the SW end of the Isle of Man. It opens between Scarlet point and Spanish head; and is 4½ miles wide at the entrance, and 2½ miles long.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a bay"   (ADL Feature Type: "bays")
Administrative units: the Isle of Man CrProt
Place names: BALVAST     |     BALVAST OR POOLVASH BAY     |     POOLVASH BAY
Place: Poyllvaish

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