Hoglinns Water facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Hoglinns Water |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
 Hoglinns Water
Location in Orkney Islands
|
|
| Location | Hoy, Orkney, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 58°48′08″N 3°18′01″W / 58.80222°N 3.30028°W |
| Type | Freshwater loch |
| Primary outflows | Hoglinns Burn |
| Basin countries | Scotland |
| Max. length | 0.33 mi (0.53 km) |
| Max. width | 0.2 mi (0.32 km) |
| Surface area | 63 ha (0.24 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Max. depth | 57 ft (17 m) |
| Water volume | 44,000,000 cu ft (1,200,000 m3) |
| Shore length1 | 1.6 km (0.99 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 98 m (322 ft) |
| 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 in 1906 by Sir John Murray and later charted as part of the Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Hoglinns Water Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.