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Moray Firth
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Moray Firth

Inlet of the North Sea, northeastern Scotland. It extends inland for 39 mi (63 km) and is 16 mi (29 km) wide at its widest point. Its inner reaches are divided by a peninsula, the Black Isle, into two smaller inlets, Cromarty Firth and the Firth of Inverness; the city of Inverness lies there.


Moray Firth
an inlet of the North Sea on the NE coast of Scotland. Length: about 56 km (35 miles)

Moray Firth 

an inlet of the North Sea cutting the northeastern coast of Great Britain. Width at the entrance, 100 km; depths, 25-60 m. Tides are semidiurnal and up to 5.5 m. The Moray Firth is linked with the Firth of Lome by the Caledonian Canal. The port of Inverness is on the firth.



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