60°22′00″N 1°01′00″W / 60.36667°N 1.01667°W
Linga Sound is the strait between the islands of Whalsay and West Linga in the Shetland islands of Scotland.
The sound has a depth of 11 to 12 fathoms (66 to 72 ft; 20 to 22 m). The narrowest width is 900 feet (270 m) between the 6 fathoms (36 ft; 11 m) contours. The sound is the channel most often used by large vessels.[1] The tidal stream running south through the sound starts about four and a half hours before high water at Lerwick, and the stream starts running north about two hours after high water at Lerwick. The maximum rate is 6 knots.[2] The sound has several islets. The most notable is the Skate of Marrister. A lighthouse on Suther Ness below Brough stands at the northern entrance into Linga Sound.[3]
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Looking SSW across the Bight of Cudda on the west of the sound towards the Head of Berg on West Linga
References edit
Citations
- ^ United States Hydrographic Office 1950, p. 315.
- ^ Smith & Jex 2007, p. 227.
- ^ Ritchie 1997, p. 35.
Sources
- Ritchie, Anna (1 October 1997). Shetland. Stationery Office. ISBN 978-0-11-495289-1. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- Smith, Tom; Jex, Chris (15 March 2007). The Northern Isles: Orkney and Shetland Sea Kayaking. Pesda Press. ISBN 978-1-906095-00-0. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- United States Hydrographic Office (1950). Sailing directions for the north and east coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands. U.S. Govt. Print. Off. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
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