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BATHYMETRICAL SURVEY OF 
There are three depressions over 700 feet in depth. The main one 
is nearly 5 miles in length, with a maximum breadth of two-fifths of a 
mile, extending from nearly 4 miles from the west end of the loch to 
within miles of the east end. The other two depressions are small; 
one lies about half a mile to the west of the main depression, and is 
three-quarters of a mile in length ; close to its western extremity lies 
the third depression, which has a length of about one-third of a mile. 
The 600-feet contour encloses an area which is 7^ miles in length, 
extending from about 2 miles from the west end of the loch to 2 miles 
from the east end. 
FIG. 35. LOCH MOEAR, LOOKING TOWARDS THE DEEPEST PART. 
(Photograph hy Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.Z.S.) 
The 500-feet contour encloses an area extending to over 7^ miles in 
length, reaching from 1§ miles from the west end of the loch to about 
2 miles from the east end. 
The 400-feet contour encloses an area over miles in length, 
extending from IJ miles from the west end to 1 mile from the east end 
of the loch. 
The area over 300 feet in depth is 9^ miles in length, extending 
from nearly IJ miles from the west end to a little over half a mile from 
the east end of the loch. There is a small detached area of over 300 
feet in depth, about 5 acres in extent, near the north shore, a quarter 
of a mile to the west of Brinacory island. 
