Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . oast, BackaskaillBay, Kettletoft Bay, Cat-a-Sand, and Lopness Bay onthe S coast, Scuthvie Bay on the E coast, and Otters-Wick Bay on the N coast, of Sanday; and Linklet Bay inNorth Ronaldsay. The surface of tho islands lies low,and, except Hoy, none of them can be called general rise is from NE to SW, a height of 333feet being reached at tho Ward Hill at the S end ofEday ; 880 at the Ward Hill in the SW of the Main-land, midway between Bay of Ireland and Scapa Bay ;and 1420 at
Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . oast, BackaskaillBay, Kettletoft Bay, Cat-a-Sand, and Lopness Bay onthe S coast, Scuthvie Bay on the E coast, and Otters-Wick Bay on the N coast, of Sanday; and Linklet Bay inNorth Ronaldsay. The surface of tho islands lies low,and, except Hoy, none of them can be called general rise is from NE to SW, a height of 333feet being reached at tho Ward Hill at the S end ofEday ; 880 at the Ward Hill in the SW of the Main-land, midway between Bay of Ireland and Scapa Bay ;and 1420 at Cuilags, 1564 at the Ward Hill, and 1308at Knap of Trcwieglen, the three highest points in Hoyand in the whole group of islands. Except in the Pent-land Firth, where the depth of the sea reaches 40fathoms, the water in the straits between the islandsand in their immediate neighbourhood is nowheredeeper than 20 fathoms. A rise of 120 feet in the sea-bottom would unite the whole group, except Swona andthe Pentland Skerries, into one mass of land, whichwould be separated from the mainland of Scotland by a.
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