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Dornoch Firth, inlet of the North Sea, between Ross and Sutherland; it is 22¼ m. long, and 11 wide at entrance (from Tarbat Ness to Brora); it offers some good harbourage, but the navigation is impeded by sandbanks and shoals; its waters abound in cod, haddocks, &C.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "inlet of the North Sea" (ADL Feature Type: "channels") |
Administrative units: | Ross and Cromarty ScoCnty Sutherland ScoCnty |
Place: | Dornoch |
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