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BATHYMETRICAL SURVEY OF 



Basins. 



1 Seaforth 



2 Amhuinn Mhor 



3 Laxey 



4 Creed 



5 Bayhead 



6 Barvas 



7 Ereray 



8 Bragor 



9 Shawbost 



10 Langavat 



1 1 Gisla 



12 Amhuinn a' Chla- 



chain Moire 



13 Forsa 



14 Caslavat 



15 Scaslavat 



16 Thamanabhaidh 



17 Bodavat 



Lochs. 

 Skebacleit. 

 Strand avat. 

 Valtos, nam Faoileag, Trealaval, Fadagoa, 



Cuil Airidh a' Flod, Airidh na Ceardaicb, nan 



Deaspoirt, Dhombnuill Bbig. 

 a' Chlacbiin, Vatandip. 

 Airidb na Lie. 

 More Barvas. 

 Urrabag, Bruadale. 

 an Duna. 

 Kaoinavat. 

 Langavat. 

 Grunavat. 

 Morsgail. 



Stacsavat, Suainaval. 



Raonasgail. 



Scaslavat. 



Dibadale, na Craobhaig, Cro Criosdaig, Benisval. 



Bodavat. 



Loch Skebacleit (see Plate LXXVIII.) is a very narrow loch, in shape 

 like the letter T> in the district of Pairc, and a short distance east of the 

 head of Loch Seaforth. The surrounding land is low, except on the south, 

 where the hill rises to over 1000 feet. The body of the inverted runs 

 north and south, the cross-stroke east and west. The length, measured in 

 a straight line, is nearly 1J miles. The portion of the lake running east 

 and west is 1^ miles long by one-fifth of a mile broad in the centre; the 

 portion running north and south is 1 mile long and a quarter of a mile 

 broad near the north end. The southern portion forms a simple basin 

 with sides sloping gently to a depth of 26 feet opposite the northern 

 branch. Where this branch goes off is a marked constriction, with a depth 

 of only 3 feet. For half a mile northwards the bottom is uneven, and the 

 greatest depth 15 feet. The expanded north end is a small basin of greater 

 depth, deepest along the west side, where the maximum of 43 feet is found 

 in a narrow arm running to the north-west. The area is about 194 acres, 

 the mean depth 15 feet, and the volume 128 millions of cubic feet. The 

 area draining into the loch measures 7 square miles. Glen Ouirn river 

 enters the east end of the loch. The Seaforth river issues from the west 

 end, and, after a winding course of half a mile, enters the head of Loch 

 Seaforth. The level on the date of the survey (August 12, 1903) was 

 35'05 feet above sea-level. 



The temperature at the surface was 59'0 Fahr., at 25 feet 59'0, and 

 at 40 feet 58'9. 



