The
Islands of the Firth of Clyde are the fifth largest of the major
Scottish island groups after the
Inner and
Outer Hebrides,
Orkney and
Shetland. They are situated in the
Firth of Clyde between
Ayrshire and
Argyll. There are about forty islands and
skerries, of which only four are inhabited and only nine larger than . The largest and most populous are
Arran and
Bute, and
Great Cumbrae and
Holy Isle are also served by dedicated ferry routes. Unlike the four larger Scottish archipelagos, none of the isles in this group are connected to one another or to the mainland by bridges.