5620 x 3733 px | 47,6 x 31,6 cm | 18,7 x 12,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
22 dicembre 2009
Ubicazione:
Loch of Stenness Mainland Orkney Highland Scotland
Altre informazioni:
The Loch of Stenness together with the Loch of Harray is one of the largest freshwater lochs of Mainland, Orkney. In Old Norse their names are Steinnesvatn and Heraðvatn respectively. They are named for the nearby parishes of Harray and Stenness. It communicates with the tidal currents of Hoy Sound, at 3.25 miles northeast of Stromness, and has somewhat the form of the letter "V", with two arms 3.50 and 4.50 miles long, meeting in acute angle at about two miles (3 km) east-northeast of the point of communication with the tidal currents. It is partly flanked with the scene of much of the action in Walter Scott's The Pirate. Upon the peninsula are to be found the Standing Stones of Stenness. It is the largest brackish lagoon in the UK and is of particular importance on account of its large size, stability, reduced salinity regime and northern location
