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Unknown: Scapa Flow, Orkney

Obstruction(S) (Period Unknown)

Site Name Unknown: Scapa Flow, Orkney

Classification Obstruction(S) (Period Unknown)

Alternative Name(s) Calf Of Flotta; Foul

Canmore ID 102188

Site Number ND39NE 8025

NGR ND 37934 97399

NGR Description Centred ND 3793 9740

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Maritime - Orkney
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

ND39NE 8025 centred 3793 9740

N58 51.595 W3 4.5633

NLO: Flotta [name: ND 37 94]

Calf of Flotta [name: ND 382 967]

Stromness [name: HY 253 090]

Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00].

For obstructions (possibly general debris of 'anchorage' type) within the area of this map sheet, see ND39NE 8001-18, 8020-1. 8024, 8026-31, 8033-8, 8041-4, 8057-61 and 8063.

'Wreckage'.

G Ridley 1992.

Quality of fix = EDM

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 30

Surveying Details

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9 December 1977. Wreckage, within an area of fouls (or obstructions) 61 metres radius, is reported at 58 51 35.7N, 003 04 33.8W.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.

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Reference (19 April 2012)

UKHO Identifier : 001041

Feature Class : Obstn

Obstruction Category : Foul ground

State : LIVE

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 58.85992,-3.07606

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.85950,-3.07765

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Position Method : Electronic Distance Measuring System

Position Quality : Precisely known

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 30

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : Foul

Type : WRECKAGE

Contact Description : Notable debris

Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor

Original Detection Year : 1977

Original Source : Other

Surveying Details : **9.12.77 WRECKAGE, FOUL AREA, 200FT RADIUS, SHOWN IN 585135.7N, 030433.8W ON HUNTING SURVEYS [K6864/17]. NC 2162.

Chart Symbol : FA

Charting Comments : CIRCULAR AREA, RADIUS 61MTRS

Date Last Amended : 04/04/2001

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