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Unknown: Scapa Flow, Orkney
Obstruction(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Unknown: Scapa Flow, Orkney
Classification Obstruction(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Barrel Of Butter; Foul
Canmore ID 103000
Site Number ND39NE 8002
NGR ND 35114 99939
NGR Description Centred ND 3511 9994
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/103000
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND39NE 8002 centred 3511 9994
N58 52.9383 W3 7.5417
NLO: Barrel of Butter [name: HY 352 008]
Stromness [name: HY 253 090]
Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00].
Possibly extends onto map sheet HY30SE.
For obstructions (possibly general debris of 'anchorage' type) within the area of this map sheet, see ND39NE 8001 and ND39NE 8003 -18, 8020-1, 8023-31, 8033-8, 8041-4, 8057-61 and 8063.
'Foul'.
G Ridley 1992.
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 35
Surveying Details
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19 August 1974. An area of obstructions, with a radius of 152 metres, is reported centred on 58 52 56.3N, 003 07 32.5W.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Location cited as N58 52.93 W3 7.53. [No further information].
I G Whittaker 1998.
Multi Beam Sonar Scan (16 October 2006 - 20 October 2006)
Multibeam sonar survey on board MV Anglia Sovereign recorded a band of debris extending in a north south direction north of Flotta. The remains were interpreted as the remains of wartime submarine nets to protect the Royal Navy Anchorage.
Information from Bobby Forbes (Sula Diving) 2006.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001077
Feature Class : Obstn
Obstruction Category : Foul ground
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.88231,-3.12569
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.88189,-3.12727
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 35
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : Foul
Type : FOUL AREA
Contact Description : None reported
Original Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1974
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **H2017/72 19.8.74 FA (RADIUS 500 FT) SHOWN CENTRED ON 585256.3N, 030732.5W [OGB] ON HUNTING SURVEYS [K6864/17]. - NM BLOCK 1550/74.
Chart Symbol : FA
Charting Comments : CIRCULAR AREA RADIUS 152MTRS
Date Last Amended : 27/03/2001
