{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''The Cumbraes''' are a group of islands in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The islands belong to the traditional county of Bute and the modern unitary authority of North Ayrshire.
The main islands in the group are: * Great Cumbrae * Little Cumbrae
These two islands are separated from each other by a broad sound called '''The Tan''' and from the Scottish mainland by a busy shipping channel known as the '''Fairlie Roads'''.
There are also a number of uninhabited islets in the group: :* The Eileans :* Castle Island :* The '''Broad Islands''' :* '''Trail Isle'''
The Cumbraes are referred to as the ''Kumreyiar'' in the Norse ''Saga of Haakon Haakonarson''.<ref>[http://www.spns.org.uk/bliton/combrog.html "cömbröɣ"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320075854/http://www.spns.org.uk/bliton/combrog.html |date=2012-03-20 }} "Brittonic Language in the Old North". Scottish Place-Name Society. Retrieved 14 Sept 2011.</ref>
[[Image:The Cumbraes.jpg|center|thumb|600px|'''The Cumbraes''' seen from the Haylie Brae. Note Arran and Bute beyond.]]
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