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Clyde District has approximately 1,300 miles of coastline, including mainland and islands. The regional area of Clyde MRCC extends to 30 degrees (900 miles) West, an area of some 336,000 square nautical miles.
The district stretches from the Mull of Galloway to Ardnamurchan Point including the islands of Mull, Tiree, Coll, Colonsay, Gigha, Jura, Islay, all the islands in the Clyde estuary, Firth of Lorne, Loch Linnhe and many smaller islands too numerous to name.
River Clyde 
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West of Scotland and Northern Ireland
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Clyde covers all types of terrain, from heavily populated industrial areas to some of the most remote and rural parts of Britain, making at times Search and Rescue extremely difficult and prolonged.
The northern part of the district is the more rural with the main islands and several very large Inland sea lochs. These lochs bring their own special Search and Rescue problems, such as very poor communications as they are surrounded by very high mountains and access to the shoreline as many of the areas are inaccessible by road or track.
The south of the district is the more populated area being a lot less hilly and stretching in to the lowland areas of the borders of Scotland. The coastline of this sector is generally easily accessible from the road with a few cliff areas.
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