Hoglinns Water

Hoglinns Water
Location	Hoy, Orkney, Scotland
Coordinates	58°48′08″N 3°18′01″W / 58.80222°N 3.30028°WCoordinates: 58°48′08″N 3°18′01″W / 58.80222°N 3.30028°W[1]
Type	Freshwater loch
Primary outflows	Hoglinns Burn
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	0.33 mi (0.53 km)[2]
Max. width	0.2 mi (0.32 km)[2]
Surface area	63 ha (0.24 sq mi)[1]
Average depth	26 ft (7.9 m)[2]
Max. depth	57 ft (17 m)[2]
Water volume	44,000,000 cu ft (1,200,000 m^3)[2]
Shore length^1	1.6 km (0.99 mi)[1]
Surface elevation	98 m (322 ft)[1]
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Hoglinns Water is a small freshwater loch in the south of the island of Hoy, Orkney. It drains in to Heldale Water via Hoglinns Burn. The loch was surveyed^[2] in 1906 by Sir John Murray and later charted^[3] as part of the Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909. ^[4]

References

1. "Hoglinns Water". British Lakes. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
2. "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of Orkney". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
3. "Muckle & Peerie Waters; Loch of Skaill; Hoglinns Water - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
4. Murray, John; Pullar, Laurence (1910). Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland during the years 1897 to 1909: report on scientific results. Edinburgh.