Pentland Firth

Pentland Firth
Looking across the waters of the Pentland Firth to the island of Hoy in Orkney
Pentland Firth
Location in Scotland
LocationScotland, UK
Coordinates58°42′N 3°12′W / 58.7°N 3.2°W / 58.7; -3.2

The Pentland Firth (Scottish Gaelic: An Caol Arcach, meaning the Orcadian Strait) is a strait which separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland. To the west is the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east.

Despite the name, it is not a firth in the common meaning of a broad estuary or fjord.

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