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Unknown: Pentland Firth
Craft (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Unknown: Pentland Firth
Classification Craft (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Wind Wick; Orkney; Unknown
Canmore ID 102214
Site Number ND48NE 8003
NGR ND 45782 86935
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102214
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND48NE 8003 4578 8703
N58 46.02 W2 56.25
NLO: Wind Wick [name centred ND 462 870]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Quality of fix = PHOT
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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31 March 1980. A stranded wreck is shown at 58 46 01.2N, 002 56 15W on aerial photographs taken in 1974.
21 January 1985. The wreck was not referred to in report of a survey of the area.
Report by BUE Subsea.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Desk Based Assessment (August 1997)
An unassigned craft lies off the coast of Windwick.
Moore and Wilson, 1997
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001300
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.76700,-2.93750
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.76660,-2.93909
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 58.76667,-2.93750
Position Method : Air photography
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 0
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Video Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1980
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **31.3.80 ST SHOWN IN 584601.2N, 025615W ON AERIAL PHOT 05.74.067 [1974]. NC 2162.
**H2925/83 21.1.85 NOT REFERRED TO IN REPORT OF SURVEY. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 204). NCA.
Chart Symbol : ST
Date Last Amended : 29/07/1985
Date Position Last Amended : 29/07/1985
