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