Talk:Pentland Firth

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I am wondering whether and how we might reconcile the following:

(1) From Pentland Firth:
"The Pentland Firth extends from Dunnet Head to Duncansby Head on the mainland ..."
(2) From Holborn Head point:
"Holborn Head point ( 58°37′21″N, 03°32′11″W, grid reference ND10857155) is the point on the north coast of Great Britain where waters of Thurso Bay (known also as Scrabster Bay) and of the Pentland Firth meet the more open water of the Atlantic Ocean."
(3) In Dunnet Head and Easter Head there is no reference to a western limit to the extent of Pentland Firth.

Dunnet Head is the western limit (on the Caithness side)?

Laurel Bush 14:27, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC).

Dunnet Head and Holborn Head are now consistent with Pentland Firth. Laurel Bush 11:19, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC).

FIRTH LIMITS.

From the 'Admiralty Sailing Directions' Vol 52, 'North Coast of Scotland Pilot' the limits are stated to be from Dunnet Head to Tor Ness in the west and from Duncansby Head to Old Head in the east. I think that these would be the definitive limits and have added them as such.

The information on the tidal races is from the same source.

Doug MacLeod. 29 Aug. 2006.