Loch of Tankerness
Freshwater loch in Mainland Orkney, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland. The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east. It lies approximately 4 mi (6.4 km) southeast of Kirkwall.[2]
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Loch of Tankerness | |
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Tankerness loch | |
Location | Mainland Orkney, Scotland |
Coordinates | 58°58′6″N 2°50′37″W[1] |
Type | freshwater loch |
Primary outflows | Mill Burn[2] |
Basin countries | Scotland |
Max. length | 1 mi (1.6 km)[2] |
Max. width | 0.5 mi (0.80 km)[2] |
Surface area | 64.1 ha (158 acres)[1] |
Average depth | 4.5 ft (1.4 m)[2] |
Max. depth | 7 ft (2.1 m)[2] |
Water volume | 28,000,000 cu ft (790,000 m3)[2] |
Shore length1 | 3.9 km (2.4 mi)[1] |
Surface elevation | 8 m (26 ft)[1] |
Islands | 0[1] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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