Sinclairs Bay
Bay in the Scottish Highlands
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Sinclairs Bay is a bay on the eastern coast of Caithness, in the Scottish Highlands.[1]
| Sinclair's Bay | |
|---|---|
Noss Head, lighthouse from across Sinclair's Bay | |
  Sinclair's Bay | |
| Location | Caithness, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 58°30′20.5848″N 3°05′38.7960″W |
| River sources | River of Wester |
| Ocean/sea sources | North Sea |
| Basin countries | Scotland |
| Max. length | 9.45 km (5.87 mi) |
| Max. width | 3.51 km (2.18 mi) |
| Average depth | 16.2 metres (53 ft) |
Geography
Starting in the north, at Noss Head, the bay is bounded by Freswick Bay, and overlooked by Skirza Head, the bay proper sweeps south in a long elliptical curve, before sweeping east to pass the remains Castle Sinclair[2] and terminating at Noss Head Lighthouse.[3]
Sinclairs Bay has two primary geological features. Starting at the coastal village of Keiss, running northeast, a stony beach and coastal crags, become cliffs that are increasingly sheer the further north. South of Keiss, the cliffs even out in a large white sandy beach, called Keiss Beach, forming large Dunes of Reiss Beach further south. At Ackergill Tower, the beach again becomes stony and eventually forms into a series of cliffs and crags, further east.
