CROMARTY FIRTH

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CROMARTY FIRTH , an arm of the North Sea, belonging to the county of Ross and Cromarty,

Scotland

SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND,
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH,
  RICHARD
  WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR
  RICHARD
  (1784–1873)
OF
SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
OF

. From the Moray Firth it extends inland in a westerly and then

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

-westerly direction for a distance of 19 M. Excepting at the Bay of Nigg, on the northern shore, and Cromarty Bay, on the southern, where it is about 5 M. wide (due N. and S.), and at Alness Bay, where it is 2 M. wide, it has an

average

AVERAGE

width of 1 m. and a

depth

DEPTH

varying from 5 to 10 fathoms, forming one of the safest and most commodious anchorages in the north of

Scotland

. Besides other streams it receives the

Conon

CONON

, Peffery, Skiack and Alness, and the

principal

PRINCIPAL

places on its shores are

Dingwall

DINGWALL

near the head, Cromarty near the mouth, Kiltearn, Invergordon and Kilmuir on the north. The entrance is guarded by two precipitous rocksthe one on the north 400 ft., that on the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

463 ft. highcalled the Sutors from a fancied resemblance to a couple of shoe-makers (Scotice, souter), bending over their lasts. .There areferries at Cromarty, Invergordon and

Dingwall

DINGWALL

.

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