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C2 Mooring Buoy: Loch Ewe, North Minch
Mooring Stage (Period Unassigned), Obstruction
Site Name C2 Mooring Buoy: Loch Ewe, North Minch
Classification Mooring Stage (Period Unassigned), Obstruction
Alternative Name(s) Midtown; C2
Canmore ID 103009
Site Number NG88NW 8001
NGR NG 82788 85386
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/103009
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG88NW 8001 8278 8538
N57 48.3333 W5 39.3833
NLO: Loch Ewe [name centred NG 84 86].
See also NG88NE 8001-2.
Formerly entered as NG88NW 8587.
(Miscellaneous debris in Loch Ewe).
G Ridley 1990.
Quality of fix = HSA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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8 August 1973. The swamped moorings called 'C2' constitute a foul at 57 48 20N, 005 39 23W.
Report by Royal Naval Officer, Greenock.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001981
Feature Class : Obstn
Obstruction Category : Foul ground
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.80556,-5.65639
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.80522,-5.65756
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : Horizontal sextant angle
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 11
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : C2
Type : SWAMPED MOORINGS
Bottom Texture : Sand
Contact Description : Other
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1973
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **H674/67 8.8.73 SWAMPED MOORINGS 'C2' CONSTITUTE A FOUL IN 574820N, 053923W [OGB]. (RNO GREENOCK, HN). INS AS FOUL. BR STD.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**HH091/205/01 24.5.07 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3. (ADMIRALTY COASTAL SURVEYS, HI 1205). NCA.
Chart Symbol : F
Date Last Amended : 10/05/1977
