Hoglinns Water

Hoglinns Water
Hoglinns Water
Location Hoy, Orkney, Scotland
Coordinates 58°48′08″N 3°18′01″W / 58.80222°N 3.30028°W / 58.80222; -3.30028Coordinates: 58°48′08″N 3°18′01″W / 58.80222°N 3.30028°W / 58.80222; -3.30028[1]
Type Freshwater loch
Primary outflows Hoglinns Burn
Basin countries Scotland
Max. length 0.33 mi (0.53 km)[2]
Max. width 0.2 mi (0.32 km)[2]
Surface area 63 ha (0.24 sq mi)[1]
Average depth 26 ft (7.9 m)[2]
Max. depth 57 ft (17 m)[2]
Water volume 44,000,000 cu ft (1,200,000 m3)[2]
Shore length1 1.6 km (0.99 mi)[1]
Surface elevation 98 m (322 ft)[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Hoglinns Water is a small freshwater loch in the south of the island of Hoy, Orkney. It drains in to Heldale Water via Hoglinns Burn. The loch was surveyed[2] in 1906 by Sir John Murray and later charted[3] as part of the Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Hoglinns Water". British Lakes. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of Orkney". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  3. ↑ "Muckle & Peerie Waters; Loch of Skaill; Hoglinns Water - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  4. ↑ Murray, John; Pullar, Laurence (1910). Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland during the years 1897 to 1909: report on scientific results. Edinburgh.
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